Using Notes during Essay-writing: Is It Always Helpful?.

Slotte, Virpi; Lonka, Kirsti

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ERIC Number: EJ613799

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Publication Date: 1998

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Using Notes during Essay-writing: Is It Always Helpful?

Slotte, Virpi; Lonka, Kirsti

Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v18 n4 p445-59 Dec 1998

Examines the conditions under which using notes while essay-writing is helpful. Reviews the efforts of 226 Finish high school graduates taking an entrance examination to a nursing school. Indicates that the advice to write an essay using spontaneously written notes is not applicable in all situations. (CMK)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Essays, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, Higher Education, Notetaking, Student Improvement, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Writing Strategies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland

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