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Download full textWambach, Cathrine; delMas, Robert – 1998
A study evaluated a new freshman writing course offered to students at the University of Minnesota who were underprepared for study at a major research university. In the fall of 1997 it was proposed that all freshmen be placed in for-credit, strengthened, basic writing courses rather than placing certain students in non-credit, pre-college-level…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College English, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation
