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Publication Date: 2008-Jun
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"Mistakes Are a Fact of Life": A National Comparative Study
Lunsford, Andrea A.; Lunsford, Karen J.
College Composition and Communication, v59 n4 p781-806 Jun 2008
This essay reports on a study of first-year student writing. Based on a stratified national sample, the study attempts to replicate research conducted twenty-two years ago and to chart the changes that have taken place in student writing since then. The findings suggest that papers are longer, employ different genres, and contain new error patterns. (Contains 16 notes and 8 tables.)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Writing (Composition), Grammar, Error Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends, Educational Indicators, Administrative Organization, Research Methodology
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