Survey: Teens Who Blog Write More
A couple of days ago this blog reported on a study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Institute. The headline of that story was that most students are using informal writing in their school work, but there was another important finding.
The survey also found that teens who blog write more and have a greater appreciation for writing than teens that do not blog.
Forty-seven percent of teen bloggers write outside of school several times a week compared to only 33 percent of teens who don’t blog.
Sixty-seven percent of teen bloggers said that writing is a really important skill for their future; only 53 percent of non-bloggers thought writing was essential.
Bloggers are usually expressing their opinion about an issue. Bradley Hammer, a teacher of writing at Duke University, says that blogging can provide better preparation for SAT-style writing than the traditional writing assignments that are given in class.
Hammer said, “In real ways, blogging and other forms of virtual debate actually foster the very types of intellectual exchange, analysis and argumentative writing that universities value.”
This research was based on the results of a telephone survey of 700 students between the ages of 12 and 17 and their parents.
Source: Eschool News
BLOG QUESTION
Do you think it is better to be a good reader or a good writer?
The survey also found that teens who blog write more and have a greater appreciation for writing than teens that do not blog.
Forty-seven percent of teen bloggers write outside of school several times a week compared to only 33 percent of teens who don’t blog.
Sixty-seven percent of teen bloggers said that writing is a really important skill for their future; only 53 percent of non-bloggers thought writing was essential.
Bloggers are usually expressing their opinion about an issue. Bradley Hammer, a teacher of writing at Duke University, says that blogging can provide better preparation for SAT-style writing than the traditional writing assignments that are given in class.
Hammer said, “In real ways, blogging and other forms of virtual debate actually foster the very types of intellectual exchange, analysis and argumentative writing that universities value.”
This research was based on the results of a telephone survey of 700 students between the ages of 12 and 17 and their parents.
Source: Eschool News
BLOG QUESTION
Do you think it is better to be a good reader or a good writer?
2 Comments:
I cant say which but both is essential to the life ahead of most young people. The SAT test will test both of these skills. Writing could be used for journalists and authors and many things. Reading is also useful for these jobs because if you become an editor you need good reading skills to check for errors. They are equally needed for life.
I would say both are really important. You need to be able to read in order to read a book and get some good examples of how to write. Bot you shodn't copy sentences fomr a book so you need to have a good skill of writing, to. I can't decide which one is better becasue I think both are essential. If somebody doen't have either of them then this person should have a problem.
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