Teaching English in the Two-Year College Sep 2010

Does Being a Good Girl Lead to Being a Good Student?

Carrie P. DuPre

Abstract

This article examines the social influences that affect how women perform in a composition course focused on first-year students. We know that society encourages young women to be good girls, but does being a good girl lead to being a good student? Can first-year composition assignments illuminate gender gaps at play in higher education?

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2010-09-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc201011731
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Closed
Topics
first-year composition affect and writing

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