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Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Sallyanne H. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1986
Reviews studies on the whole-language approach of pairing reading and writing courses to enhance the learning in both. Describes a study of 154 students enrolled in basic writing. Results suggest that simultaneous enrollment in a reading class will not significantly influence ability to pass basic writing. (PAA)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Reading Writing Relationship
Download full textDavis, Wesley K. – 1996
A study examined the growth in basic writing and grammar skills of 14 developmental English students. The study determined whether a traditional rule-based, form-centered mode of instruction, combined with a limited writing-process approach, had any significant impact on overall writing quality and grammar skills. It used a quantitative,…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction
Peer reviewedWalker, Cynthia L. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1997
Presents results from a study of eight college freshman to determine differences between revising essays on-screen and on-paper. Eighty-one percent of on-screen changes were above the mechanical or word level, often related to meaning and content. Students working on-screen tended to add more information and recreate paragraphs, but sometimes…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
