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Direct linkOlivier, Denise H. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Purpose, Scope, and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to compare student success rates in a college developmental writing course delivered in a conventional classroom to the same course using a computer-delivered model. The sample was drawn from a small, Midwestern community college. Students were enrolled in one of three sections…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Conventional Instruction, Teaching Methods
Fernandes, Antonio S. C. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2012
The paper describes a case study in which the main objective is to understand how engineering students can improve their writing skills, regarding spelling and syntax, when taught specifically on these issues. The methodology Writing To Learn is applied in two courses and, making use of the written texts, the students' writing skills are assessed…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Syntax, Writing Skills, Case Studies
Doolan, Stephen M. – Written Communication, 2014
Developmental composition courses serve a sizable and growing number of Generation 1.5 students, or long-term U.S. resident language learners, and it is believed that language challenges may be part of Generation 1.5 writers' difficulty in controlling the academic register. The current study investigates possible similarities and differences…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Student Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Burrell, Terri Massie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The education of under-prepared college students is a topic that interested and motivated this researcher to conduct a study on learning communities and measuring change in writing apprehension and locus of control of developmental students at a community college. Higher education is generally viewed as a place for the intellectually elite.…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Educational Needs, Basic Writing, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedReed, W. Michael; Vandett, Nancy M. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1988
Compares the quality and syntactic complexity of 2 types of essays written by 44 college freshmen in a basic writing course. Essays dealing with group-phenomenon events (intensification) had more words per clause, but received lower quality scores than essays dealing with individually experienced events (initiation). (PAA)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Download full textBurley, Hansel – 1994
A study was conducted in spring 1991, spring 1993, and summer 1993 to determine the effect on the writing process of various types of word processing software used by developmental and second-level composition students. Analyses were conducted of developmental students (novice writers) and of composition students (above novice writers) at a Texas…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
