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1	The Effect of Peer-Editing on the Quality of 11th Grade Composition Ritchey, Barbara J. 01 January 1984 (has links) The relationship between peer-editing and composition quality was investigated. The thirty subjects involved were 11th-grade English students randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. During a nine week period, both groups received the same assignments and teacher evaluation. The control group, which did not revise unless upon individual initiative, participated in a dramatics workshop while the experimental group used a worksheet developed by Leila Christenbury (1982) to edit and proofread each other's writing before evaluation by the teacher. Pre and post writing assignments were blind rated at the end of the experiment using the Diederich Rating Scale. Individual item scores and total scores were compared. The t-ratios proved insignificant at the .05 level. Positive student feedback, however, indicated that the procedure deserves further investigation. University of North Florida UNF College of Education and Human Services Division of Curriculum and Instruction English language Composition and exercises Study and teaching (Secondary) Proofreading Peer-group tutoring students Language arts Curriculum and Instruction Education