Table 120. | Student values and attitudes toward writing, by grade level: 1984 to 1994 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of students reporting the statement is true more than half the time, by grade level |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Statements about writing | Grade 4 | Grade 8 | Grade 11 |_______________________________________|___________________________________|___________________________________ | 1984 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1984 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1984 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 _____________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 _____________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ Writing helps me think more clearly .|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |44 (2.0)|46 (1.2)|42 (1.6)|42 (1.1)|52 (2.5)|47 (1.4)|50 (1.5)|54 (1.2) Writing helps me tell others | | | | | | | | | | | | what I think .......................|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |52 (2.1)|56 (1.3)|52 (1.8)|54 (1.3)|55 (1.9)|58 (1.2)|57 (1.2)|58 (1.4) Writing helps tell others how I feel.|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |50 (2.0)|56 (1.7)|52 (1.8)|52 (1.5)|55 (2.3)|60 (1.3)|60 (1.2)|60 (1.4) Writing helps me understand | | | | | | | | | | | | my own feelings ....................|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |40 (2.2)|47 (1.6)|44 (1.4)|45 (1.4)|47 (2.1)|50 (1.3)|49 (1.4)|54 (1.7) People who write well have a better | | | | | | | | | | | | chance of getting good jobs ........|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |47 (2.0)|53 (1.3)|51 (1.5)|51 (1.6)|54 (2.1)|58 (1.5)|59 (1.3)|58 (1.6) | | | | | | | | | | | | People who write well are | | | | | | | | | | | | more influential ...................|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |49 (1.9)|55 (1.3)|52 (1.6)|51 (1.5)|54 (2.4)|60 (1.2)|60 (1.5)|57 (1.5) I like to write .....................| 56 (2.3)| 57 (1.7)| 54 (1.4)| 56 (2.0)|39 (2.5)|42 (1.3)|43 (1.8)|42 (1.5)|40 (2.5)|39 (1.3)|43 (1.7)|42 (1.8) I am a good writer ..................| 60 (2.1)| 62 (1.4)| 63 (1.3)| 64 (1.4)|42 (1.8)|44 (1.3)|44 (1.5)|49 (1.9)|39 (1.9)|44 (1.3)|49 (1.7)|46 (1.8) People like what I write ............| 53 (2.1)| 56 (1.8)| 55 (1.4)| 58 (1.6)|38 (2.4)|39 (1.6)|44 (1.7)|44 (1.8)|36 (2.6)|42 (1.3)|46 (1.5)|44 (2.2) I write on my own outside of school .| 48 (1.9)| 42 (1.5)| 46 (1.2)| 45 (1.8)|36 (2.5)|35 (1.4)|37 (1.6)|36 (1.7)|31 (2.7)|28 (1.0)|33 (1.3)|32 (1.9) | | | | | | | | | | | | I don't like to write things that | | | | | | | | | | | | will be graded ....................| 38 (2.0)| 33 (1.5)| 32 (1.2)| 33 (1.2)|31 (2.2)|36 (1.2)|37 (1.8)|38 (1.4)|27 (1.9)|30 (1.4)|30 (1.2)|33 (1.3) If I didn't have to write for | | | | | | | | | | | | school, I wouldn't write anything .| 33 (1.7)| 27 (1.2)| 28 (1.2)| 27 (1.3)|17 (2.2)|19 (1.1)|18 (1.1)|21 (1.2)|15 (1.4)|16 (1.0)|17 (1.2)|17 (1.1) _____________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Trends in Academic Progress, NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress, and NAEP 1994 Trends in Academic Progress, by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared May 1999.)
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