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Peer reviewedShaughnessy, Mina – Journal of Basic Writing, 1980
Presents Mina Shaughnessy's thoughts on why English professors dislike the teaching of writing, what is needed in writing research, the disadvantages of being a writing teacher at an open admissions school, what open admissions policies have revealed about education in general and basic writing instruction in particular, and writing evaluation…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Attitudes
