"Tryin to make a dolla outa fifteen cent": Teaching composition with the Internet at an HBCU

Computers and Composition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-373

  Redd, Teresa M ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American English; African American students; African American teachers; College composition; Computer access; HBCU; Online collaboration; Safe houses; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345330979     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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