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Glau, Gregory R. – 1999
Unless questions about student performance and student retention can be answered and unless educators are proactive in finding and publicizing such information, basic writing programs cannot determine if what they are doing is working. Hard data, especially from underrepresented groups, is needed to support these programs. At Arizona State…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Data Collection, Developmental Studies Programs

Hashway, Robert M.; And Others – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1990
Presents preliminary results from a continuing study of academic locus of control (ALOC). Describes ALOC differences between development/nondevelopmental students, males/females, and based on class status and number of developmental courses taken. Reveals a more highly developed sense of internal control among nondevelopmental students. Includes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, College Students, Comparative Analysis