College Composition and Communication Jun 2008

“Mistakes Are a Fact of Life”: A National Comparative Study

Andrea A. Lunsford ; Karen J. Lunsford

Abstract

This essay reports on a study of first-year student writing. Based on a stratified national sample, the study attempts to replicate research conducted twenty-two years ago and to chart the changes that have taken place in student writing since then. The findings suggest that papers are longer, employ different genres, and contain new error patterns.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2008-06-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc20086677
Open Access
Closed

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (6)

  1. Eckstein et al. (2022)
    How Does the Language Control of L1 and L2 Writers Develop Over Time in First-Y…
    Written Communication
  2. Raucci (2021)
    A Replication Agenda for Composition Studies
    College Composition and Communication
  3. Doolan (2014)
    Comparing Language Use in the Writing of Developmental Generation 1.5, L1, and …
    Written Communication
  4. Dryer (2013)
    Scaling Writing Ability
    Written Communication
  5. Medzerian (2010)
    Style and the Pedagogy of Response
    Rhetoric Review
Show all 6 →
  1. Purdy (2009)
    Anxiety and the Archive: Understanding Plagiarism Detection Services as Digital…
    Computers and Composition

Cites in this index (0)

No references match articles in this index.

CrossRef global citation count: 69 View in citation network →