Monday, June 22, 2009

Topic: Timed and Untimed Essays

10-second review: How do students’ timed essays differ from their untimed essays? Compare timed essays with students’ untimed essays.


Source: Y Cho. Research in the Teaching of English (November 2004), 205. (abstract) A publication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).


Comment: I don’t remember what the researcher found in answering this question. It’s an interesting question. So is a somewhat related phenomenon-- A parent told me one time that when his son went through all the steps in the writing process, he earned poorer grades from me than when he dashed the composition off before breakfast. What does that tell you? Me? RayS.

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