Editing suggestions restored but did not fully correct Sophie's punctuation: her final draft showed no improvement in full-stop use over control¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? Second-stage editing helped Sophie's punctuation reach a level similar to her control story, but not enough for a 'good' report. → C.E. Holdich 2004

Evidence¶

C.E. Holdich 2004¶

C.E. Holdich, P.W.H. Chung and R.G. Holdich. (2004). Improving children's written grammar and style: revising and editing with HARRY. Computers & Education, Vol 42, pp1-23. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/

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CHECK TEXT analysis across Sophie's story stages: the article reports editing suggestions helped her punctuation reach "a level similar to that demonstrated in the control story", but many sentences remained poorly punctuated, so the final full-stop report stayed below 'good'.

"Comparison of the control story and the final draft of the HARRY assisted story indicates a lack of improvement in Sophie's use of full stops."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Reflecting on vocabulary and sentence revision during the composing stage temporarily degraded children's use of full stops and basic connectives — related
• HARRY's second-stage editing prompts improved James' sentence constructions, reducing 'and' overuse and improving vocabulary variety — related
• HARRY-assisted stories received more 'good' CHECK TEXT grammar and style reports than control stories in the case studies — related
• Mean sentence length indicates both insecure and secure full-stop use, with roughly 12 to 16 words per sentence the aim for mature narrative writing — related