Development of the Writing Skills of Students in Compulsory Education in Spain
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Wydawnictwo Adam Marszalek
Materia
Writing Basic education Progress Difficulties
Date
2015Referencia bibliográfica
Gallego Ortega, J.L.; Rodríguez Fuentes, A. Development of the Writing Skills of Students in Compulsory Education in Spain. The New Educational Review, 42(4): 52-64 (2015). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/39785]
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This research was financed by the Andalusian Regional Government (Spain) and the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), Programme for STRENGTHENING R&D&I at the University of Granada.Abstract
Acquiring writing skills requires an entire academic lifetime but acceptable
levels of proficiency should be covered in compulsory education. This research
verifies the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of writing skills in the
Spanish education system. It compares both the development of knowledge and
the associated difficulties in interviews with 40 students from the even years
of primary and secondary education. Descriptive and correlational analyses
were made, after coding their statements according to the theoretical model
used. They revealed an unexpected stagnation, depending on the levels, with
important educational implications.