Writing Skills Course for Newly Commissioned Marine Corps Officers

Abstract

The Basic School (TBS) at the Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia requested that the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center develop a self-paced course to improve the writing skills of their students, newly commissioned Marine Corps officers. The approach consisted of (1) conducting a needs analysis, (2) surveying existing writing materials, (3) developing the course, and (4) validating the course. A diagnostic pretest and posttest were also developed. The results show that the writing skills course was a success. The diagnostic pretest and the posttest instruments are reliable. The TBS students who took the course improved their grammar and their mechanics of writing significantly as shown by the improvement from their diagnostic pretest scores to their posttest scores.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272670

Entities

People

  • Belynda M. Warner
  • Donald H. Hewitt
  • Josephine M. Randel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Artillery
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Health Services
  • Instructors
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies