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Composition in the Secondary English Curriculum: Some Current Trends and Directions for the Eighties.

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Bamberg, Betty – Research in the Teaching of English, 1981

Identifies changes in the composition curriculum in California secondary schools between 1975 and 1979. (HOD)

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Trends

Two Classrooms, Two Writing Communities: Urban and Suburban Tenth Graders Learning to Write.

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Sperling, Melanie; Woodlief, Laura – Research in the Teaching of English, 1997

Investigates how classroom communities were created to support students' writing in two contrasting grade-10 English classrooms: one in a low-income urban school with a diverse population, one in a middle-class suburban school. Analyzes class discussions to see how they functioned in creating community. Portrays writing in both classrooms as…

Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Communities