Student Choice of Writing Topic in a State Writing Assessment.

Barry, Arlene Lundmark; Nielsen, Diane Corcoran

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ERIC Number: EJ527300

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Publication Date: 1996

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Student Choice of Writing Topic in a State Writing Assessment.

Barry, Arlene Lundmark; Nielsen, Diane Corcoran

Reading Improvement, v33 n1 p19-30 Spr 1996

Categorizes students' self-selected topics in a state writing assessment. Finds that fifth graders chose "animals"; eighth graders chose "sports"; high-school students chose "social problems" and "sports" until twelfth grade, when "school/learning" issues replaced "sports." (RS)

Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Secondary Education, State Programs, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Writing Research, Writing Tests

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Language: English

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