Psychological Development and Education ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (2): 100-105.

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The Development of Middle School Students’ Thinking Traits in Writing

WANG Ke1,2, LIN Chong-de1   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2007-04-15 Published:2007-04-15

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Abstract: 801 students from junior and senior school completed tasks of designing syllabus for writing,writing short essays and amending an article with faults.The result indicated as follows:(1) as a whole,the thinking traits are increased significantly with increased grades,showing a faster step from 8th to 9th grades;(2) the traits of profundity and flexibility are increased with increased grades, however, they are decreased in the 10th grade;(3) the traits of criticism and originality are significantly increased from 7th to 10th grades;(4) significant differences in gender are found in grade 7,8, 10 and 12.

Key words: thinking traits, writing, junior and senior school

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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