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ERIC Number: EJ339050
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Tenderfooting: Tackling the Problems of Freshman Writers.
Hobbs, Valerie; Rex-Kerish, Lesley
College Teaching, v34 n3 p94-98 Sum 1986
University of California writing instructors must teach poorly prepared freshmen how to survive English classes and how to adapt the skills they learn to the rest of their university writing assignments. Reading, thinking, organizing, and stylistic problems are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, College Instruction, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Skills, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: University of California Santa Barbara