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Nydahl, Joel – 1992
Babson College (a school of business and management in Wellesley, Massachusetts) attempted to make a group of first-year students computer literate through "clustering." The same group of students were enrolled in two courses: a special section of "Composition" which stressed word processing as a composition aid and a regular…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Literacy, Course Descriptions, Electronic Mail
Download full textBraine, George – 1994
This paper presents an ex post facto analysis of the performance of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) college students in ESL and mainstream freshman composition courses. Students were evaluated on 4 essays written during the 10-week quarter and a final in-class essay. This final essay examination focused on a common theme, was evaluated by at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
