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Peer reviewedTweedie, Sanford; Madden, Marjorie – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1998
Replicates, using diverse quotations grouped under four metaphors (dreamcatcher, gatekeeper, spider web, safety net) representing the dissonance of the reading/writing processes as they might be experienced by basic skills readers. Questions the relationship of basic skills to its students; implements D. Bartholomae's recommendations to reform of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Higher Education, Metaphors, Reading Processes
