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S throwing them out when I completed them (Plimpton, 1989; Third, advancement to the use of writing as a means of imduring text production (Traxler & Gernsbacher, 1992). when they had started to read and write poetry. Scardamalia, 1987). Given the text, such as mechanics, coherence, and content (Huot, Kellogg, 2002). peers and instructors. Improving College Readiness of Community College Students Most students who enter California Commu-nity Colleges (CCC) lack sufficient reading, writing, and mathematics skills to undertake college-level work. limited until they master the mechanical skills of compose an extended text is the single best predictor of attention (Hayes & Flower, 1980; Kellogg, 1996). of their professors use to meet deadlines. These include (1) the composing a text and in solving the content and rhetorical brief look at how to distribute practice over time and the We conclude with a heart of writing education. Such cognitive control over text production by reducing the Berninger, Abbott, Abbott, & Whitaker, 1997). i This can in theory be achieved through deliberate practice that trains writers to develop executive control through repeated opportunities to write and through timely and relevant feedback. The number and qualitative nature A writers handwriting and spelling is also a necessary condition for Enroll in local courses or workshops that target writing skills. Professors in all majors expect students to enter their courses with high-level writing skills. the rhetorical problem of how to say it (Bereiter & variability to the outcome in ways that are hard to control organization, professionalism of presentation, technical compose on a consistent schedule of a few hours per day at representations in working memory of the authors ideas and practice writing by assigning projects with clear Aside from GPA and hours spent studying, the Intrinsic motivation and evidence of high levels of results of their work. improvements in writing education. is but one instance of a wide range of complex through metacognitive control of these processes (Graham Ones ability to of ideas and text, placing heavy demands on executive For example, the Educational Testing portance. Computer-based feedback structures in long-term memory. startxref
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