M J Morris-Friehe, D D Sanger
Language samples using three story elicitation tasks and maturation effects
Journal of communication disorders
current study see collaborative writing activities would impact students writing quality getting engaged academic writing course argumentative essays study enrolled 62 thirdyear english majors faculty foreign languages van lang university ho chi minh city vietnam 35 experimental group 27 control group ages students ranged 19 21 teachinglearning activities selection topics brainstorming peerlecturer feedback applied train students two groups similar except essaycomposing stage controlgroup students composed essay individually experimentalgroup students conducted collaboratively group members composed essay together data preand posttests students writing analyzed compare students writing quality study discovered jointly authored papers performed much better written alone collaborative writing activity significantly affected students writing quality