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ERIC Number: EJ427837
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
Correlates of Writing Performance and Interest: A U.S. National Assessment Study.
Walberg, Herbert J.; Ethington, Corinna A.
Journal of Educational Research, v84 n4 p198-203 Mar-Apr 1991
A national study examined the essay performance of 17-year olds (n=288), relating their written composition and writing motivation scores to 9 previously studied educational and environmental influences on learning (e.g., age, motivation, mass media, peer groups, home). Results indicate that writing performance is much less predictable then writing motivation. (SM)
Descriptors: Correlation, Environmental Influences, Essays, High School Students, National Surveys, Predictor Variables, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation, Student Motivation, Writing (Composition), Writing Achievement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress