What Makes a Good Writer? Differences in Good and Poor Writers' Self-Regulation of Writing.

Ferrari, Michel; Bouffard, Therese; Rainville, Line

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Publication Date: 1998

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What Makes a Good Writer? Differences in Good and Poor Writers' Self-Regulation of Writing.

Ferrari, Michel; Bouffard, Therese; Rainville, Line

Instructional Science, v26 n6 p473-88 Nov 1998

Compares the discourse knowledge and self-regulation of good and poor writers, as well as the quality and length of their final texts; 48 junior-college students wrote a comparative text. Results showed that poor writers were no more linear than good writers, and no less actively self-regulated their writing. Good writers produced larger texts of better quality. (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Knowledge Level, Two Year Colleges, Writing (Composition), Writing Ability, Writing Achievement, Writing Evaluation

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Language: English

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