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Peer reviewedMorrison, Beverly H. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1992
Suggests that developmental writing courses that emphasize transactional writing with assignments directly related to general education courses increase the motivation of students to take the developmental writing assignments seriously, realize that writing skills contribute to academic success, and transfer these writing skills to the written…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Content Area Writing, General Education, Higher Education
