摘要：All of us have had the frustrating experience of reading “final drafts” of student papers that are filled with underdeveloped ideas, unclear sentences, unnecessary words, and punctuation errors. If we ask these students how they went about making their papers,in most cases we find that they did nor revise and edit. Many students do not leave time to even read their papers before passing them in. This practice is generally interpreted by experienced writers a! procrastination. 1 have found, however, talking with students who visit the Reading/Writing Center, that, in fact, the reason they leave no time for rewriting is not procrastination, but lack of experience. They either do not know how to revise and edit, or they think adult writers do not need to, They are being logical when they leave no time for activities they do not know how to do or think they are grown up enough to skip.
