Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ469845
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Knowledge of Text Coherence and Expository Writing: A Developmental Study.
Wright, Raymond E.; Rosenberg, Sheldon
Journal of Educational Psychology, v85 n1 p152-58 Mar 1993
A study with 28 fourth graders, 30 eighth graders, and 30 college students demonstrates that the relationship between knowledge of the requirements of a globally coherent essay and the ability to produce such an essay generally remains statistically significant when the effect of grade level is removed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Coherence, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Expository Writing, Grade 4, Grade 8, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students, Knowledge Level, Student Development, Writing Ability
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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