Johnny still can't write, even if he goes to college: A study of writing proficiency in higher education graduate students

Current Issues in Education

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Singleton Jackson, Jill A ^a   Lumsden, D Barry ^b   Newsom, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate students; Higher education; SAT II writing test; Writing; Writing proficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949115037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1099839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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