Development of the writing skills of students in compulsory education in Spain

• Authors: José Luis Gallego Ortega , Antonio Rodríguez Fuentes

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

writing; basic education; progress; difficulties

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 42
• Pages: 52-64

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

José Luis Gallego Ortega

author

Antonio Rodríguez Fuentes

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2015.42.4.04

Biblioteka Nauki

2011563