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Direct linkEckstein, Grant; Chang, Ruei-Han – Written Communication, 2022
Most U.S. colleges and universities expect students to improve their writing ability by taking first-year composition (FYC) courses. In such courses, non-native English (L2) writers with diverse language backgrounds study alongside their native English (L1) speaking peers. However, it is not clear how different these populations are in terms of…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, College Freshmen, College English, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedBrown, James Dean; And Others – Written Communication, 1991
Investigates whether prompts and topic types affect writing performance of college freshmen taking the Manoa Writing Placement Examination (MWPE). Finds that the MWPE is reliable but that responses to prompts and prompt sets differ. Shows that differences arising in performance on prompts or topics can be minimized by examining mean scores and…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Test Format, Test Reliability
