Close Encounters of the Subtle Kind: The Introductory Psychology Writing Lab as Agent in the Cross-Cultural Encounter between Faculty and Student.

Goldstein, Gary S.; Lowenstein, Sharyn

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ERIC Number: EJ498010

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Publication Date: 1993

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Close Encounters of the Subtle Kind: The Introductory Psychology Writing Lab as Agent in the Cross-Cultural Encounter between Faculty and Student.

Goldstein, Gary S.; Lowenstein, Sharyn

Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, v9 n2 p5-12 Spr 1993

Theorizing that college is a cross-cultural experience for all students and faculty, examines students' experiences in completing a psychology paper and explores the ways a Psychology Writing Lab (PWL) served as mediator for instructor and student. Indicates that students in the PWL procrastinated less, chose more appropriate articles, understood more, and wrote better than their peers. (MAB)

Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Preparation, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Psychology, Student College Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Laboratories

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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