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Keywords
English language--Composition and exercises; English language--Study and teaching;
Abstract
The hypothesis that students who do not take freshman composition courses in college are equal in writing performance to students who do take freshman composition after being in college for an equal length of time was tested in the pilot phase of a recent study, The Effectiveness of College-Level Instruction in Freshman Composition. The findings presented in an interim report affirm the hypothesis. Since the theme evaluations for the pilot study were done "holistically," it seemed desirable to determine whether a closer and more objective evaluation of a sample of the student themes used in the pilot study would indicate that such an evaluation of all the themes used in the pilot study would alter the conclusions based on the holistic evaluation. The present study, therefore, makes these closer and more objective evaluations and relates these evaluations to the findings of the pilot study.
Year of Submission
1968
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
First Advisor
John Cowley
Second Advisor
Ross M. Jewell
Third Advisor
Gordon J. Rhum
Date Original
1968
Object Description
1 PDF file (78 leaves)
Copyright
©1968 Donald Earl Fish
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Fish, Donald Earl, "The Analysis and Findings of a Close and Objective Evaluation of a Sample of the Themes Used in the Pilot Phase of a Recent Study, the Effectiveness of College-Level Instruction in Freshman Composition" (1968). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2627.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2627
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