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Peer reviewedSmith, Lois; Smith, Greg – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Investigated the effect of two variables on remedial students' performance in freshman composition: attending a remedial grammar course, and receiving tutoring at a skills development center. Found that tutoring had a significant positive impact on students, but that the grammar course had a negative effect. (ARH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Freshman Composition, Grammar, Higher Education
