Greenwood, Claudia M.

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ERIC Number: EJ411619

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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"It's Scary at First": Reentry Women in College Composition Classes.

Greenwood, Claudia M.

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v17 n2 p133-42 May 1990

Examines internal and external factors which affect the way women reentering higher education learn and write. Finds several constant internal factors: sense of inferiority among peers; inability to concentrate; sense of guilt; feeling out of place among younger students; fatigue; and doubt. Finds that positive internal factors outweigh negative ones. (RS)

Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Females, Freshman Composition, Reentry Students, Self Concept, Two Year Colleges, Womens Education, Writing Attitudes, Writing Improvement, Writing Processes, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Celebrating the Two-Year College.