Table 112. | Student values and attitudes toward writing, by grade level: 1984, 1990, and 1992 |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Percent of students reporting the Statements about writing | statement is true more than | half the time, by grade level |-------------------------------------------- | Grade 4 | Grade 8 | Grade 11 |--------------|--------------|-------------- |1984|1990|1992|1984|1990|1992|1984|1990|1992 --------------------------------------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 --------------------------------------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---- Writing helps me think more clearly ........|--- |--- |--- | 44 | 46 | 42 | 52 | 47 | 50 Writing helps me tell others what I think ..|--- |--- |--- | 52 | 56 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 57 Writing helps tell others how I feel .......|--- |--- |--- | 50 | 56 | 52 | 55 | 60 | 60 Writing helps me understand my own feelings |--- |--- |--- | 40 | 47 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 49 People who write well have a better chance | | | | | | | | | of getting good jobs .....................|--- |--- |--- | 47 | 53 | 51 | 54 | 58 | 59 | | | | | | | | | People who write well are more influential .|--- |--- |--- | 49 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 60 | 60 I like to write ............................| 55 | 57 | 54 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 39 | 43 I am a good writer .........................| 59 | 62 | 63 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 38 | 44 | 49 People like what I write ...................| 52 | 56 | 55 | 38 | 39 | 44 | 35 | 42 | 46 I write on my own outside of school ........| 47 | 42 | 46 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 33 | | | | | | | | | I don't like to write things that will | | | | | | | | | be graded ........................ | 37 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 36 | 37 | 27 | 30 | 30 If I didn't have to write for school, | | | | | | | | | I wouldn't write anything ................| 33 | 27 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 --------------------------------------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---- |
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared April 1994.)
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