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Download full textNicholes, Justin; Reimer, Cody – Journal of Basic Writing, 2020
In the context of ongoing discussions about student costs of non-credit developmental writing, this study reports on the affordances of Basic Writing as a traditional, stand-alone course at a career-focused, four-year university. Participants were students who took Basic Writing and Composition 1 between Fall 2011 and Spring 2013 (N = 2,693) in…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Freshman Composition, Writing Achievement
Peer reviewedAgnew, Eleanor; McLaughlin, Margaret – Journal of Basic Writing, 1999
Discusses how a five-year longitudinal study of 61 basic writers suggest little correlation between the first-year course and overall success in college. Notes the much lower long-term success rate for African-American basic writers who passed the basic writing course. Suggests that reading is a stronger determinant of college success for at-risk…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Black Students, Cross Cultural Studies
