Are advanced placement English and first-year college composition equivalent? A comparison of outcomes in the writing of three groups of sophomore college students

Research in the Teaching of English

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-501

  Hansen, Kristine ^a   Reeve, Suzanne ^b   Gonzalez, Jennifer ^c   Sudweeks, Richard R ^a   Hatch, Gary L ^a   Esplin, Patricia ^a   Bradshaw, Williams S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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