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ERIC Number: EJ666646
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
From Personal to Text-Based Writing: The Use of Readings in Developmental Composition.
McAlexander, Patricia J.
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v19 n2 p5-16 Spr 2003
Argues that both personal and text-based essays should be used in teaching writing to students in developmental composition courses. Suggests that combining the two approaches and using short fiction or fictive autobiographies as course readings helps to initiate the student's transition from personal to text-based writing. (Contains 21 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Remedial Programs, Two Year Colleges, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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