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Peer reviewedChiste, Katherine Beaty; O'Shea, Judith – English Quarterly, 1990
Examines the characteristics of prewriting activities of unsuccessful writers who took the Alberta Universities' Writing Competence Test. Finds that the students' limited and ineffective use of prewriting strategies interferes with their ability to generate and develop ideas in writing a timed essay. (KEH)
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Prewriting
