Characteristics of Graded and Ungraded Compositions.

Chastain, Kenneth

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Publication Date: 1990

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Characteristics of Graded and Ungraded Compositions.

Chastain, Kenneth

Modern Language Journal, v74 n1 p10-14 Spr 1990

Comparison of college students' (N=14) graded and ungraded Spanish compositions revealed that, when they anticipated receiving a grade, students wrote longer compositions with more complex sentences. However, the type and number of errors varied among students. (CB)

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Grading, Higher Education, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Spanish, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation

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Language: English

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