Set within a prologue and epilogue concerning the academic performance of higher education students in the UK, this paper first looks at some of the differences between psychology students in their approaches to learning, then examines the relevance of this for academic writing and finally considers the question of whether or not new technology will change the ways that students write. The paper concludes with some implications for instruction.
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