Table 4

Means and Standard Deviations of Pre- and Posttest Essay Scores by Group (on a Scale of 1-6)

Writing Matters Group (n = 193)Comparison Group (n = 106)
 Pre-Post-Pre-Post-
Holistic3.41 (.89)3.37 (.82)3.60 (.95)3.49 (.81)
Content3.47 (.92)3.40 (.87)3.63 (.97)3.51 (.82)
Structure3.24 (.90)3.26 (.89)3.44 (.91)3.36 (.89)
Stance3.50 (.91)3.46 (.92)3.70 (.95)3.57 (.90)
Sentence fluency3.45 (.91)3.45 (.90)3.63 (.98)3.49 (.91)
Diction3.35 (.88)3.31 (.83)3.46 (.96)3.32 (.82)
Conventions3.44 (1.02)3.46 (.94)3.59 (1.03)3.55 (.93)

Note: For each score type, only students with both pre- and posttest scores were included. Due to missing data, the numbers for each domain vary slightly; the n for structure and sentence fluency in the Writing Matters pretest is 192 and the n for the comparison group in the content pretest and stance and conventions posttest is 105.

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