College Learning-Disabled, Normal, and Basic Writers: A Comparison of Frequency and Accuracy Of Cohesive Ties

Abstract

Examining surface features of a student's writing as a manifestation of communication intention can lead to new insights about that student's writing. Cohesion implies that a written text is more than a mere collection of statements no matter how syntactically mature or grammatically correct such sentences appear. The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of college age learning-disabled, normal, and basic writers in the use of specific types of textual cohesion on an expository mode of writing. Results for both frequency and accuracy of cohesive ties are reported, with a discussion of implications.