Author
Adler-Kassner, Linda
Year
2008
Publisher
University Press of Colorado
Language
English
Pages
36
ISBN
978-0-87421-699-8
Last Update
23-Oct-2024
Keywords
Language & Literature ; Education
Alarmist stories about student writers or college-level writing that run counter to the ones that circulate among writing teachers on disciplinary listservs or in discussions in professional research are easy to find. Using the search terms “writing skills and college students” in a database like Lexis Nexis Academic reveals news items headed by such titles as “Grammar Is Making a Comeback; Poor Writing Skills Among Teens and a New Section of SAT Fuel Return to Language Basics” (DeVise 2006) and “Students Fall Short on ‘Information Literacy,’ Educational Testing Service’s Study Finds” (Foster 2006). Ask people on the street about student...
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