Topic: Writing Questionnaire for College Students

10-second review: A comprehensive set of questions about learning to write in school.

Title: “Writing in High School/Writing in College: Research Trends and Future Directions.” J Addison and SJ McGee. College composition and Communication (September 2010), 147-179.

Summary:

. gender?

. age?

. level (grade) of student?

. kind of high school, public or private?

. number of years of English courses taken in high school?

. other kinds of writing classes in high school?

. kinds of writing tasks recalled?

. written feedback from teacher on quality of the paper?

. usually received a grade for papers?

. frequency of writing assignments in English?

. writing in other classes?

. names of classes you wrote in?

. when writing in other classes, did you get written feedback from your teacher about the quality of the paper?

. received a grade for the writing in other classes?

. importance of writing in future job or career?

. frequency of writing after high school?

. feelings about writing?

. perceptions of writing abilities?

. emphasis of school on writing?

. satisfaction with ability to write?

. strategies in writing?

. freshman composition course in college?

. other kinds of courses focusing on writing?

. other English classes?

. frequency of writing in other courses in college?

. classes in college you wrote in?

. kinds of writing in courses other than English?

. guidelines by professors on how to write in various disciplines?

. other than English classes, professors devoted class time to discussing papers;

. when writing in other classes did you get written feedback from teacher about the quality of the paper?

. grade on the writing?

Comment: For the complete questionnaire, see the article. RayS.