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ERIC Number: EJ377402
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Some Characteristics of Memorable Expository Writing: Effects of Revisions by Writers with Different Backgrounds.
Graves, Michael F.; And Others
Research in the Teaching of English, v22 n3 p242-65 Oct 1988
Reports two studies of comprehensible and memorable expository writing. Finds that Time-Life editors' revisions of a high school history text improved eleventh grade students' recall, while revisions made by text linguists and composition instructors did not. But given latitude to change content, all editors' revisions improved recall. (RAE)
Descriptors: Editors, Expository Writing, Grade 11, Higher Education, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Recall (Psychology), Revision (Written Composition), Secondary Education, Textbooks, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Revision Processes