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Galbato, Linda; Markus, Mimi – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 1995
Describes a study comparing English course-level placement based on writing samples and standardized placement scores, as well as two different methods of grading writing samples. Results support the use of writing samples to supplement standardized placement scores as well as the use of a group holistic method of grading writing samples. Includes…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, English Instruction, Holistic Evaluation
Ambron, Joanna – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Identifies the forces responsible for the shift in writing instruction from product-oriented to process-oriented approaches. Briefly discusses the beginnings of writing across the curriculum at Carlton College and considers the suitability of this approach to community colleges. (DMM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Educational History, Faculty Development

Greenberg, Karen L. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Supports the use of the applied linguistics technique of error analysis (i.e., charting and analyzing patterns in language errors) in developmental writing instruction. Argues that error enables teachers to diagnose the cognitive strategies and processes used by students in writing. Discusses teaching strategies and the approach's limitations.…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Error Analysis (Language)
Hopper, Peggy F.; And Others – 1997
Research has found evidence for the validity of remedial and developmental English courses in preparing students to pass freshman-level English courses. To determine whether similar validity could be demonstrated for remedial and developmental English courses at Tennessee's Walters State Community College, the percentage of former remedial and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs
O'Brien, David G.; And Others – 1997
At-risk students' failure within the system and the failure of the system to stimulate and interest them leads to a cycle of disengagement: since they lack competence, these students avoid reading. The term "at-risk" is ambiguous because of the evolution of its meaning and the different loci of blame for how people "become at…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Definitions, High Risk Students
Cummins, Marsha Z.; And Others – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Describes the Strategies for Teaching and Reinforcing Skills program at Bronx Community College as a solution to the mismatch between faculty expectations and the ability of poor inner-city students to perform. Discusses the writing across the curriculum program at suburban Richland College, focusing on administrative contributions to program…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, High Risk Students

Cook-Gumperz, Jenny – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Presents the case study of an African-American woman returning to a basic skills program in an inner-city community college, examining in particular a writing conference with the task of transforming telling of an experience into writing about it. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Black Students

Higbee, Jeanne L. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001
Asserts that the teaching profession needs to recognize the natural connections between multicultural and developmental education. Presents eight steps developmental educators can take to promote pluralism, including (1) establishing a clear link between cultural pluralism and institutional and programmatic mission and goals; (2) striving for…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Cultural Awareness
Bacon, Donald R.; Anderson, Elizabeth Scott – Business Communication Quarterly, 2004
Employers consistently rank communication skills, in particular writing ability, among the most important skills for undergraduate business students to possess. However, improving writing skills, especially with respect to punctuation, grammar, and word choice, often requires substantial teacher time and effort. To assess and improve student…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Writing Skills, Communication Skills, Writing Improvement
Moraine Valley Community College., Palos Hills, IL. Office of Institutional Research. – 1996
A study was undertaken at Illinois' Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) to gather information on the course taking patterns, course completion rates, and retention rates between summer 1990 and spring 1993 for students who successfully completed one of eight remedial classes. Students in the sample began in one of three levels of remedial…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Outcomes of Education
Price, A. Rae; And Others – 1992
In summer 1990, the English Department of the Metropolitan Community College District (MCCD) in Missouri conducted a self-study to determine whether the English program's subject matter, academic standards, and methods of instruction were consistent with objectives. An Evaluation Committee, consisting of three English instructors representing each…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College English, Community Colleges, English Curriculum

Bers, Trudy H.; Smith, Kerry E. – Community College Review, 1990
Describes a study of the validity and reliability of a writing skills assessment test taken by 4,284 2-year college students in 1986-87. Assesses interrater reliability, influences of nonperformance factors (e.g., gender, native language, and form of test), predictive validity of test for future performance, and implications of findings. (DMM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, High Risk Students, Predictive Validity

Skulicz, Matthew – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1986
Describes Erie Community College's computerized system to help curriculum advisors better assess each student's reading and writing competency level and track their completion of required courses. Illustrates the system's provision of information on placement tests and developmental courses taken, and whether a required composition course has been…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education

Cochran, Effie Papatzikou – Journal of Basic Writing, 1994
Considers how sex discrimination and sexist language have affected educational environments, particularly basic writing and English-as-a-Second-Language instruction. Provides four practical suggestions for college teachers of bilingual and/or bidialectical students to alleviate such attitudes and behaviors. (HB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Cultural Differences, Discourse Modes

Trainor, Jennifer Seibel; Godley, Amanda – College Composition and Communication, 1998
Looks at how teaching basic writing is shaped by the material conditions of teachers working in those programs. Documents reactions of two writing programs on two different campuses to a 1991 statewide directive calling for the removal of all "remedial" courses from state campuses. Describes the programs' transformations after the directive, and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Case Studies, Higher Education, Labor Conditions