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Chien, Shih-Chieh – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the role of students' use of writing strategies in light of their English writing achievements in Taiwan. This research used a cognitive approach to examine the process of writing. Forty student writers (including 20 low and 20 high achievers) in Taiwan participated in this study. Strategies used for…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Protocol Analysis, Low Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Crawford, Lindy; Lloyd, Susan; Knoth, Kelly – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2008
Type and quality of revisions made by students between first and final drafts of a state writing test were scored using a revision taxonomy. Scorers categorized revisions first by unit (e.g., word, phrase, sentence), and then by type (e.g., addition, substitution, spelling). They then evaluated the impact of each revision on the readability of the…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Revision (Written Composition), State Standards, Writing Evaluation