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    The document summarizes research on writing apprehension and its effects on student performance and career choices. Several studies are discussed that developed instruments to measure writing apprehension, including the influential Daly-Miller Writing Apprehension Test. The research found that students with high writing apprehension tended to choose careers with less writing and communication, and had more difficulty developing writing skills. Subsequent studies explored ways to reduce apprehension through techniques like journaling, peer evaluation, and developing interest in writing topics.

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    How-to guide: Reducing writing

    apprehension as a Student
    By: Alan Fu
    Writing 2
    Research Question: What does apprehension have to do with writing and
    performance?
    Speaker Notes:

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    “The Empirical Development of an Instrument to
    Measure Writing Apprehension” (Winter 1975)
    ● Authors John A. Daly(Purdue
    University) and Michael D.
    Miller(University of Florida)

    ● Daly-Miller Writing Apprehension Test

    ● Results:
    ○ Low apprehension → chose
    occupations with high
    communication and writing
    ○ High apprehension → chose
    occupations with low
    communication and writing

    ● Rationale and future directions for role,


    effects, treatment of “writing
    apprehension”.
    How can you implement this?

    Forcing Writing Behavioral Therapy

    Future research: Create similar instruments to the Daly-Miller to test relative


    independence
    “Basic Writing: Breaking through the Barriers of
    Apathy and Fear(Feb, 1987)”

    ● Author Baxter Barbara

    ● Focus on changing her student’s


    attitudes about themselves as
    writers

    ● Uses the MBTI and Daly-Miller WAT

    ● Difficulty writing attributed to fear of


    failing and apprehension rather than
    lack of skill

    ● Self-directed learning environment


    How can you implement this?

    Small group work One step at a time

    Freewriting
    “Reducing Writing Apprehension in English
    Classes” (March, 1987)
    ● Author Mary Ann
    Tighe(University of Alabama)

    ● Use of the Daly-Miller WAT


    in her informal in-class study

    ● Results:
    ○ High apprehension →
    lower level
    performance
    ○ Difficulty developing
    writing ability
    ○ Desire to choose
    occupations not
    involving writing
    How can you implement this?

    Small group work Journal Entries

    Peer-Evaluation
    “Attitude as it affects developmental writers’ essays”
    (Fall, 1987)
    ● Authors Willa Wolcott(University of
    Florida) and Dianne Buhr(University of
    Florida)

    ● Conducted their own Writing


    Apprehension Test(shown on the right)

    ● Results:
    ○ Extrinsically motivated students less
    eager to improve
    ○ Intrinsically motivated students
    more eager to improve
    ○ Overall, students with lower
    apprehension scores scored higher
    on their essays
    How can you implement this?

    One step at a time Develop Interest


    Self-Evaluation
    “Pain and pleasure in short essay writing: factors
    predicting university students’ writing anxiety and
    self-efficacy…”(Feb, 2011)
    ● Authors Christy Martinez(CSUCI),
    Ned Kock(Texas A&M), and
    Cass(University of Louisiana)

    ● Conducted their own study:


    Survey form(data on the right)

    ● Results:
    ○ High GPAs→Lower
    apprehension
    ○ Low GPAs→Higher
    apprehension
    ○ Higher anxiety → Lower
    self-efficacy
    ○ Lower anxiety→Higher
    self-efficacy
    How can you implement this?

    Breathing Exercises One step at a time

    Visit office hours


    References
    Baxter, Barbara. “Basic Writing: Breaking through the Barriers of Apathy and Fear.” ERIC, 31 Jan. 1987,
    https://eric.ed.gov/?q=this&pg=67037&id=ED286202.

    Daly, John A., and Michael D. Miller. “The Empirical Development of an Instrument to Measure Writing Apprehension.”
    Research in the Teaching of English, 30 Nov. 1974, https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ137933.

    Martinez, Christy Teranishi, et al. “Pain and Pleasure in Short Essay Writing: Factors Predicting University Students'
    Writing Anxiety and Writing Self-Efficacy.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, International Reading Association.
    800 Barksdale Road, P.O. Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139. Tel: 800-336-7323; Fax: 302-731-1057; e-Mail:
    [email protected]; Web Site: Http://Www.reading.org/Publications/Index.html, 31 Jan. 2011,
    https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ914389.

    Tighe, Mary Ann. " Reducing Writing Apprehension in English Classes." Paper presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of
    the National Council of Teachers of English Spring Conf2rence, 1987. 18p. [ED 281 196]

    Wolcott, Willa, and Dianne Buhr. “Attitude as It Affects Developmental Writers' Essays.” Journal of Basic Writing, 30
    Nov. 1986, https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ379796.

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