Teaching English in the Two-Year College Dec 2008

Requiring First-Year Writing Classes to Visit the Writing Center: Bad Attitudes or Positive Results?

Barbara Lynn Gordon

Abstract

The attempt of writing center consultants to discourage faculty from requiring classes to visit the writing center led to research that calls this longstanding practice into question.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2008-12-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc20086887
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Topics
first-year composition writing centers

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