The effects of content and audience awareness goals for revision on the persuasive essays of fifth- and eighth-grade students

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of revising goals focused on content and audience awareness on the persuasive writing of fifth- and eighth-grade students. Students were randomly assigned to three different goal conditions: a general goal; a goal to improve content; and a goal...

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Published in:	Reading & writing Vol. 21; no. 1-2; pp. 131 - 151
Main Authors:	Midgette, Ekaterina, Haria, Priti, MacArthur, Charles
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2008 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Age Differences Argumentation Audience Audience Awareness Audiences Drafts Editing Education Elementary education Essays Gender Differences Goal setting Grade 5 Grade 8 Groups Information Content Language and Literature Linguistics Literacy Middle school students Neurology Objectives Persuasion Persuasive Discourse Psycholinguistics Revision (Written Composition) Sex Differences Social Sciences Students Writing Processes Written Language Instruction Writing Argument Revision Goals Audience
ISSN:	0922-4777, 1573-0905
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