ERIC Number: EJ1200503
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
Pages: 15
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ISSN: EISSN-1527-9316
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Addressing the "My Students Cannot Write" Dilemma: Investigating Methods for Improving Graduate Student Writing
Achen, Rebecca M.
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v18 n4 p71-85 Dec 2018
Improved writing can help students in their academic and professional careers, thus this action research project examined the use of three revision strategies in a graduate course by collecting three sources of data. One-sample t-tests revealed no significant differences across paper scores. However, students indicated rough drafts and rewrites were helpful because they were able to make changes to receive a better grade. Students did not find peer reviews helpful. To help students improve their writing, faculty should train them to become effective peer reviewers and give them multiple options for revising their writing.
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Revision (Written Composition), Writing Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Writing Improvement, Graduate Students, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Writing Assignments, Scores, Writing Strategies, Writing Skills, Writing Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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