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Download full textSoles, Derek – Online Submission, 2006
Research suggests that basic writers are willing to edit but reluctant to revise their writing. In other words, they make surface-level changes to grammar, spelling, and punctuation but tend not to re-conceive content, structure, style, and cohesion. This paper argues that we need more instructional strategies that will help students understand…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Writing Teachers, Revision (Written Composition), Writing Skills
