In her 1980 article, Sommers realized through her case study, that “students understand the revision process as a rewording activity” (p. 381). Which means that when first-year college students revise, they simply change words around and try to get the ideas accurate on the text because they have not developed the ability to review their work, and redo it if necessary (p. 382). Instead, she argues that students should see revision “as an activity in which they modify and develop perspectives and ideas” (p. 382). She argues this because students should develop their arguments on their writing pieces during revision to prove their thesis statement better, rather than simply reword their paragraphs to make their writing pieces sound better. Sommers believes in her 1980 article that first-year college students should develop the ability to see revision as a process to approach revision
In her 1980 article, Sommers realized through her case study, that “students understand the revision process as a rewording activity” (p. 381). Which means that when first-year college students revise, they simply change words around and try to get the ideas accurate on the text because they have not developed the ability to review their work, and redo it if necessary (p. 382). Instead, she argues that students should see revision “as an activity in which they modify and develop perspectives and ideas” (p. 382). She argues this because students should develop their arguments on their writing pieces during revision to prove their thesis statement better, rather than simply reword their paragraphs to make their writing pieces sound better. Sommers believes in her 1980 article that first-year college students should develop the ability to see revision as a process to approach revision