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Otte, George; Mlynarczyk, Rebecca Williams – Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), 2010
In this article, we assess the status of basic writing early in the twenty-first century. Beginning with a discussion of the attacks on BW that intensified during the 1990s and early 2000s--attacks that originated from such diverse sources as state legislatures, university officials, and BW scholars themselves--we go on to summarize the responses…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Remedial Programs, Higher Education, Academic Standards
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Horner, Bruce – College Composition and Communication, 1996
Explores how insights of the 1970s are being lost, namely, those about why and how the academy thinks about basic writing and students deemed "illiterate" or "remedial." Examines a discourse that the author calls Basic Writing and how it has marginalized basic writing courses, teachers, and students. (TB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Educational History, Higher Education
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Callahan, M. Kate; Chumney, Donalda – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Twenty percent of first-year students in public 4-year institutions and 42% of first-year students in public 2-year institutions in the United States enroll in remedial courses. Yet despite widespread remediation across U.S. colleges and universities, there remains a great deal of uncertainty about how remedial courses develop…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Basic Writing, Research Universities, Community Colleges
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Stygall, Gail – Journal of Basic Writing, 1999
Uses the University of Washington as a case study illustrating the double bind basic writing programs are caught up in at public research institutions on the West Coast. Claims the university's Educational Opportunity Program writing sequence is at risk in the face of the anti-affirmative action movement, Initiative 200. (NH)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Basic Writing, Case Studies, Diversity (Institutional)
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Severino, Carol – Journal of Basic Writing, 1996
Traces the uses of the "urban mission" trope both nationally and locally as it pertains to the history of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Educational Assistance Program. Maintains that educational histories are important because they explain how political dynamics determine who will be basic writers and how many will appear…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Educational History, Higher Education, Inner City
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Grego, Rhonda; Thompson, Nancy – College Composition and Communication, 1996
Describes a writing studio program that replaces the standard basic writing course by offering special assistance to certain students enrolled in mainstream writing classes. Examines how writing programs have been constructed to include such categories as "basic writer" and how students, teachers, and administrators can get beyond such…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Course Descriptions, Feminism, Higher Education
Parks, Nancy W. – 2001
This report discusses the state of developmental education in West Virginia from the perspectives of faculty, staff, and administrators throughout the state. It begins by defining developmental education as more than just "remedial" education and relying on faculty, focused coursework, and peer and professional support to help students…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs
Wiley, Mark – 2000
This paper describes a successful learning community and curricular experiments with basic writing implemented on a college campus as an example of curricular structures that enable faculty and staff to work together to address students' individual needs. The paper begins by discussing learning communities as effective and flexible institutional…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Curriculum, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Higher Education
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Wolcott, Willa – Journal of Basic Writing, 1996
Argues that the evaluation of a basic writing program can demonstrate a program's effectiveness and can be useful in opening up a dialog among the instructors. Describes an evaluation program that combines a variety of writing assessments (essays, a multiple-choice editing test, and portfolios assessment) that provide a comprehensive examination…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Curriculum Evaluation, Editing, Higher Education
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Soliday, Mary – College Composition and Communication, 1996
Argues for a progressive version of mainstreaming remedial writers through a focus on one student who benefited from a two-semester course responsive to diverse language and cultural backgrounds. Discusses the political dimensions of mainstreaming which are an indelible aspect of writing program administration. (TB)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Cultural Differences, Higher Education, Mainstreaming
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Witkowski, Susan – Learning Assistance Review, 1998
Shares the author's beliefs about the practice of teaching developmental writing in an attempt to get colleagues in other academic settings involved in a dialogue about the writing philosophies in their practices. Presents an interest in the beliefs and theories that form the foundation of what others do in their writing programs. (VWC)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
McCleary, Bill – Composition Chronicle: Newsletter for Writing Teachers, 1997
This article reports on the survey "Remedial Education at Higher Education Institutions in Fall 1995," which was conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. It is suggested that administrators and practitioners who deal with basic writing and other remedial programs will learn little about the nature of remedial efforts…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Higher Education, Political Issues, Public Education
deBeer, Liz – 1993
Despite the repeated adage that "no two LD (learning disabled) students are alike, it is not only possible but important to focus on the most common errors of LD college writers in order to learn how best to serve these students. There are in fact two main categories of these students: severely learning disabled and classically learning…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
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Cross, Geoffrey – Computers and Composition, 1990
Assesses how three basic writers adapted word processing to their writing. Finds that basic writers who were given little guidance in integrating the computer into their composing processes generated little material on the screen and in other ways made far less than full use of the word processor. (RS)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Remedial Programs
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Lundell, Dana B. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2000
Presents a qualitative research study which thematically analyzes e-mail conversations exchanged by graduate students in a developmental writing program. Focuses on the relationship between these teachers and their students and addresses key issues in basic writing theory and practice. Suggests that graduate students can offer a unique perspective…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail, Graduate Students
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