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Spear, Karen; Maloney, Barbara – Writing Program Administration Journal, 1986
Reveals some sources for the problems entering college students have with college writing programs. Suggests parallels between the shortcomings of high school writing instruction and those of college programs, and that the central ideas of college writing programs are antagonistic to the view of writing students receive in secondary school. (SKC)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, High School Students, High Schools
