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Understanding Course Content through Letter Writing: Do Informal Writing Assignments Improve Grades?
Bersamin, Melina; Zamboanga, Byron L.; Orsak-Neff, Natalie – Psychology Teaching Review, 2013
Using an experimental study design (N = 41), we examined whether participation in an informal writing assignment, specifically writing a letter to a friend about course content, improved exam scores in an undergraduate child development course. Findings indicated that participating in the writing assignment significantly improved scores on an exam…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Course Content, Assignments, Writing Instruction