Article: Student Perceptions of Their Writing Skills: Myth and Reality Journal: Journal of Business and Management (JBM) 2012 Vol.18 No.1 pp.81 - 95 Abstract: There are many reasons why college-level students often do not possess college-level writing skills. This study investigates two of them: (1) students do not believe that good writing skills will be important to them in their careers, and (2) students perceive that they are already good writers (when in fact they are not). To test these hypotheses, demographic information is collected, self-ratings of writing ability, and three independent writingskill assessments of 140 students. Ample evidence is found to reject the first hypothesis, and even more evidence to support the second one. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Student Perceptions of Their Writing Skills: Myth and Reality

Authors: Mark G. Simkin; Janna M. Crews; Mary J. Groves

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Abstract: There are many reasons why college-level students often do not possess college-level writing skills. This study investigates two of them: (1) students do not believe that good writing skills will be important to them in their careers, and (2) students perceive that they are already good writers (when in fact they are not). To test these hypotheses, demographic information is collected, self-ratings of writing ability, and three independent writingskill assessments of 140 students. Ample evidence is found to reject the first hypothesis, and even more evidence to support the second one.

Keywords: Student perceptions; writing skills; college-level writing; skill assessment; writing ability.

DOI: 10.1504/JBM.2012.141199

Journal of Business and Management, 2012 Vol.18 No.1, pp.81 - 95

Published online: 05 Sep 2024 *

Title: Student Perceptions of Their Writing Skills: Myth and Reality

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