Competency Testing: Its Effect on Instruction and Style.

Free, Mary G.

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ERIC Number: EJ246918

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Publication Date: 1981

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Competency Testing: Its Effect on Instruction and Style.

Free, Mary G.

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v7 n3 p179-82 Spr 1981

Discusses the growing interest in competency testing in writing at the college level, the growing dependence on minimal essays as the norm for "correct" composition, and the resulting decline in grace and style in college composition. (Author/HTH)

Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Literary Styles, Minimum Competency Testing, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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