Student Writing in the Academic Context [microform] : A Linguistic Study of Well-Shaped vs. Poorly-Shaped Essays with Implications for Learning and Teaching / Suzanne E. Jacobs
- Bib ID:
- 5387434
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Jacobs, Suzanne E
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED191074
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979
- 32 p.
- Summary:
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A study of the writing of 11 minority group students in a college biology class explored two questions: (1) how the difference between well-shaped and poorly shaped writing could be described, and (2) how the various pieces of writing of an individual student could be compared. The study concentrated on a contrastive analysis of two pairs of students that rated the linguistic maturity of their writing based on the frequency of predications, or deep-structure related sentences. The writing of each student was classified in one of three developmental stages: chunk-style (simply listing unrelated chunks of information), chaotic (attempting to relate information without a coherent framework), and integrated (combining relational and content information). The conclusions drawn were that there is a developmental sequence in the growth of writing ability, that the in-class essay is difficult to produce, and that a particular style of discourse imposes on the writer a particular cognitive demand. (AEA)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Research prepared at the University of Hawaii.
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Reports, Research
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1979
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