Blog #9

I'm interested in writers' confidence. I want to evaluate what factors contribute to students' confidence as writers. A list of things to monitor as I do the research:

• what variables affect confidence increase
• what variables affect confidence decrease
• how to measure confidence; what are the terms of measurement
• what demographic population of writers shows a general trend of increased confidence
• what demographic population of writers shows a general trend of decreased confidence
• What type of writing assignments contribute to confidence or the lack thereof
• improved performance as a result of confidence