Kinds of Writing

Students entered Stanford with a fairly wide range of writing abilities; During their first year, students reported being assigned to do eighteen different kinds of writing; this broad range of genre persisted through the four years, though the ratio differed from year to year;

Kinds of Writing - Year 1 to 4

During the fifth year of the study, findings show that by far the most prevalent form of writing is email and other electronic communication. Beyond that, most writing the participants are doing post graduation involves summaries, outlines, group work, and collaborative writing;

Kinds of Writing - Year 5