Year
1984
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Education and Human Services
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chairperson
Dr. Mary Grimes
Second Advisor
Dr. Ann H. Stoddard
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Third Advisor
Dr. Jim Mittelstadt
Abstract
The relationship between peer-editing and composition quality was investigated. The thirty subjects involved were 11th-grade English students randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. During a nine week period, both groups received the same assignments and teacher evaluation. The control group, which did not revise unless upon individual initiative, participated in a dramatics workshop while the experimental group used a worksheet developed by Leila Christenbury (1982) to edit and proofread each other's writing before evaluation by the teacher. Pre and post writing assignments were blind rated at the end of the experiment using the Diederich Rating Scale. Individual item scores and total scores were compared. The t-ratios proved insignificant at the .05 level. Positive student feedback, however, indicated that the procedure deserves further investigation.
Suggested Citation
Ritchey, Barbara J., "The Effect of Peer-Editing on the Quality of 11th Grade Composition" (1984). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 298.
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