Thinking and Writing in College: A Naturalistic Study of Students in Four Disciplines

Anderson expected an informative abstract in which the first sentence explained what the researcher did. Subsequent sentences were to describe how the researcher did it, what he or she found, and what implications could be drawn from the study. Never to exceed 5 percent of the original work, most abstracts, Anderson taught, are limited to about 250 words (Biddle and Bean, 1987, 41-46). Here is Wilkerson's abstract: The Papermate Erasermate,, and the Scripto ErasableTM Pens were evaluated on the basis of smoothness of writing, tendency not to skip, tendency not to smear, erasability, overall appearance and writing comfort. The Erasable,, Pen was found to be better. Seven volunteers (four males and three females) from ages 16 to 58 made up the study group. Three of the seven volunteers were left-handed. The length of time required before the erasable inks became permanent was studied inconclusively. Both pens photocopy about the same.

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