Making a case for college: A genre-based college admission essay intervention for underserved high school students

A significant percentage of students who attend secondary schools in the United States do not acquire the basic writing skills required to gain admission to four-year colleges and universities. In the present study, participants were 41 low-income, multi-ethnic 12th-grade students, 19 of whom receiv...

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Main Authors: De Costa, M., Early, J. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SIG Writing of EARLI 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Writing Research
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Online Access:http://www.jowr.org/Ccount/click.php?id=30