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ERIC Number: EJ346882
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Reference Count: 0
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Marking Errors: A Simple Strategy
Timmons, Theresa Cullen
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v14 n1 p18-21 Feb 1987
Indicates that using highlighters to mark errors produced a 76% class improvement in removing comma errors and a 95.5% improvement in removing apostrophe errors. Outlines two teaching procedures, to be followed before introducing this tool to the class, that enable students to remove errors at this effective rate. (JD)
Descriptors: Editing, Instructional Materials, Punctuation, Revision (Written Composition), Teaching Methods, Writing Improvement, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Highlighters