HomeContactSearchMap of NWP Sites
National Writing Project
AboutCalendarProgramsPublicationsResources
The VoiceThe QuarterlyBooksOther Publications

NWP Home

*

NWP Publications

National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy Technical Report    

TR 55. Writing from Sources: Authority in Text and Task

By Stuart Greene

Summary: In this study, fifteen undergraduates in a European history seminar were asked to write either a report or a problem-based essay, integrating prior knowledge with information from six textual sources. Analyses of the student essays as well as think-aloud protocols and reading-writing logs revealed that the groups differed significantly in their interpretations of the two tasks and in their approaches to restructuring textual information; students writing problem-based essays included significantly more content units in their essays than students writing reports. October, 1991; 32 pages.

TR 55. Writing from Sources: Authority in Text and Task
PDF Download PDF



HOME | CONTACT | JOBS | SEARCH | MAP OF NWP SITES
ABOUT | CALENDAR | PROGRAMS | PUBLICATIONS | RESOURCES
NWP INTERACTIVE | E-VOICE SIGN-UP | INFORMATION FOR SITE LEADERS

© 1995-2023 NWP | Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education
Additional acknowledgements