IMPROVING THE WRITING SKILLS OF STUDENTS.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13892833Keywords:
writing skill, effective writing, thinking, ability cohesive text, interaction, generating, planning.Abstract
Advanced writing skills are an important aspect of academic performance as well as of subsequent work elated performance. However, American students rarely attain advanced scores on assessments of writing skills (National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2002). In order to achieve higher levels of writing performance, the working memory demands of writing processes should be reduced so that executive attention is free to coordinate interactions among them.
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