The academic writing of community college remedial students: Text and learner variables

Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-42

  Perin, Dolores ^a   Keselman, Alla ^b   Monopoli, Melissa ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Community college students; Composing from sources; Informational writing; Reading and writing processes; Remedial students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347128556     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021237532056     Document Type: Article

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