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Direct linkMoschella, Jennifer A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In higher education, the entry-level, not-for-credit courses in Developmental Education play a pivotal role for incoming degree-seeking students. Focusing specifically on Developmental Writing, at two- and four-year public and private institutions across the country, a common requirement to pass the course is a summative argumentative essay that…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Writing Skills, Computer Assisted Testing, Basic Writing
Elizabeth Edwards Weems – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many Basic Writing students have stories which are informed by traumas, othering, and marginalization. Finding pedagogies which address students' stories, in addition to meeting academic goals, is crucial. Sometimes, students question how improving their reading and writing skills can help them navigate other areas of their education and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Self Concept
Hite, Joshua A. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is recognized as a leader in Basic Writing reform for community colleges due to their Accelerated Learning Program (ALP). The features Adams et al. adapted from various programs to better support CCBC students, particularly the central features of mainstreaming and acceleration, have helped reinvent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Two Year College Students, Writing Instruction
Wilson, Sarah Bartlett – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Basic writing, which developed as a field within the larger discipline of rhetoric and composition, has a tumultuous past and an uncertain future. What began as an academic response to a perceived literacy crisis with the rise of open admissions in the late 1960s has continued to grow and reinvent its structures, theories, and practices as new…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Educational History, Educational Trends, Textbooks
Bellamy, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The college open door policy initiated in the 1960s made access to higher education available for more students in the United States. People who were once excluded from enrolling in college now have an opportunity to earn a college degree. Some first-time students, significantly underprepared in writing, have been required to enroll in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Writing Teachers, Writing Attitudes
Olivier, 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
