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Download full textDeming, Mary P.; Gowen, Sheryl – 1990
A study investigated whether there were significant differences between male and female basic writers, examining the writing processes and products of 19 male and female college freshmen basic writers in a university and 33 male and female freshmen basic writers in a junior college. Results indicated that both groups of students, male and female…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Korth, Philip A. – 1991
The developmental writing program at Michigan State University offers special attention to students who enter the university at a competitive disadvantage with respect to their ability to express themselves in writing. The primary goal of the program is to seek to empower students so that they will be able to express themselves in writing for the…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education
Todorovska, Viktorija – 1996
Stretch 107 is a version of English 107 (a first-year composition course for international students at Arizona State University), designed to provide those with low proficiency in English with various strategies for writing acceptable prose in English. Since it is a 2-semester course, Stretch 107 gives students more time to work on their…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
