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Download full textCullum, Charles – 1991
A study developed an objective approach to measuring the effects of collaborative learning techniques, and assessed the impact of collaborative learning on reducing writing problems for developmental students. One-hundred two developmental English students participated in an experimental writing class that used only collaborative learning…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Writing Difficulties
Peer reviewedGreene, Brenda M. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1992
Conducts a case study of the problem identification and resolution strategies of three basic writers. Finds that basic writers are capable of evaluating surface-level problems and rhetorical problems in both their own and peers' texts if instructors provide them with opportunities to do so. (RS)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Case Studies, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation
Peer reviewedThorne, Sheila – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1992
Addresses the problem of oversimplification among basic writers. Investigates the strategies and assumptions of basic writers in moving to oversimplify their writing. Presents case studies involving basic writers and analyzes them to determine the causes of oversimplification. (HB)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Case Studies, English Curriculum, English Instruction
