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Oliver, Eileen – 1993
Try as she would, one instructor of preservice teachers could not convince her students that such skills as reading and vocabulary are not good indicators of how well a secondary student will write, especially in the case of minorities. One of the hardest sells to new teachers is that students--at all levels--should write extensively, regardless…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged, Grammar, Higher Education