Faculty Publications
Document Type
Report
Keywords
Academic Achievement; College Freshmen; Computer Assisted Instruction; English; English Education; English Instruction; Experiments; Performance Tests; Research; Sex (Characteristics); Standardized Tests; Statistical Data; Tables (Data); Verbal Tests; Writing (Composition); Writing Skills
Abstract
This final report of a two-stage project describes an effort to determine whether students receiving instruction in freshman English composition perform better on standardized tests than students who do not receive similar instruction; when both groups are in college the same length of time. The second phase of the experiment detailed in the report involves 1;040 matched pairs of students from the University of Northern Iowa; the University of Iowa; Kent State University; the University of Colorado; and Northern Illinois University. Using the Cooperative English Tests: English Expression (COOP); the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) English Composition Test; and a theme as test instruments; the authors include computer-generated test results covering frequent intervals over the 2-year period on: (1) overall performance; (2) performance by ability quarters by sex; and (3) performance by sex. Background; procedures; summary; and recommendations are included. Forty-eight statistical tables reveal performance data. (RL)
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
Original Publication Date
1969
Object Description
1 PDF file (273 pages)
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©1969 Ross M. Jewell, John Cowley, and Gordon Rhum
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Jewell, Ross M.; Cowley, John; and Rhum, Gordon, "The Effectiveness of College-Level Instruction in Freshman Composition. Final Report" (1969). Faculty Publications. 5665.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5665
Comments
ERIC Document - ED037476 found in the ERIC Database