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Stacy Wittstock – Journal of Basic Writing, 2022
This article investigates a Basic Writing program shared between a University of California campus and a local community college in which the curriculum, assessment practices, and larger programmatic structures were heavily influenced by an exit exam modeled after the UC system's Analytical Writing Placement Exam (AWPE). Drawing from scholarship…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Basic Writing, Writing Instruction, Community Colleges
Bekas, Nicholas J. – 2002
The purpose of this study was to investigate student responses to a developmental writing instructor's feedback on their writing assignments in college-preparatory writing courses at a community college. Using observation, analysis of teacher responses on a writing assignment, surveys, and interviews, the research investigated how students…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Feedback, Oral Communication Method
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Aronson, Anne – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
Discusses barriers adult developmental-writing students face due to family, community, and work responsibilities. Explains how non-writing commitments affect the writing process, particularly by placing time constraints on students. Offers instructors classroom activities to help students contextualize their writing situations and to learn methods…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Basic Writing, Community Colleges
Weglarz, Shirley G. – 2002
A survey of faculty at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) in Kansas was conducted to determine the current effectiveness and future needs of the JCCC Writing Center. Surveys were delivered to all full- and part-time instructors. The response rate was 18%, with approximately 31% of full-time faculty and 12% of part-time faculty returning…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment