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- Title: Understanding Collaborative Academic Writing Among Beginner University Writers in Malaysia (Report)
- Author : Latisha Asmaak Maesin, Anis Osman, Nazira Nayan, Surina Mansor, Mahani Shafie
- Release Date : January 30, 2010
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 106 KB
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1. INTRODUCTION Writing proficiency develops over time. It begins as an association of ideas, growing knowledge of stylistic conventions and the use of processes for planning, evaluating and revising. Writing becomes more unified as writers write for an audience and transform experiences into knowledge (Bereiter, 1980). As writers become more proficient writers, "knowledge-telling" is transformed into "knowledge-transformation" to develop knowledge, ideas and personal awareness (Bereiter & Scardamalia, 1987). Working collaboratively may seem to be a norm for university students as per their courses requirement. This activity is especially frequent for subjects that require students to write reports and term papers. To collaborate in writing assignments means that students have to work as a team of two and more in order to accomplish a goal as required by the project within specified time frame. Working collaboratively in a writing project may seem an ideal way for students to minimize work in a project and to reduce assessment work for the instructor.