Sabbatical Report: A Study of College Freshman English Courses.
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| contents | Sabbatical Report: A Study of College Freshman English Courses. Baker, Patricia College English College Freshmen Course Content Course Organization Curriculum Evaluation English Curriculum Higher Education School Surveys Two Year Colleges Writing (Composition) Writing Instruction The results of an informal, random survey that examined the freshman English offerings in 23 two-year and four-year colleges are contained in this paper. Among the findings reported are the following: (1) the majority of schools surveyed used a placement test of some kind, and over half required students to enroll in a particular course based on test scores; (2) the majority of schools used a rhetoric handbook and a book of essays or a combination of the two; (3) the number of papers students were required to write ranged from four to twelve per course; (4) verbal communication skills received little or no emphasis in most courses; (5) developmental English courses were of major concern to most schools; (6) the importance of individual student conferences was stressed by most schools; (7) systems for evaluating students' written work differed from school to school; and (8) several schools offered a library research paper course that focused exclusively on the techniques for writing such a paper. Appendixes contain a copy of the questionnaire used in the survey, along with the number of responses to each question and a list of schools responding to the survey. (FL) |
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| spellingShingle | Sabbatical Report: A Study of College Freshman English Courses. Baker, Patricia College English College Freshmen Course Content Course Organization Curriculum Evaluation English Curriculum Higher Education School Surveys Two Year Colleges Writing (Composition) Writing Instruction Sabbatical Report: A Study of College Freshman English Courses. Baker, Patricia College English College Freshmen Course Content Course Organization Curriculum Evaluation English Curriculum Higher Education School Surveys Two Year Colleges Writing (Composition) Writing Instruction The results of an informal, random survey that examined the freshman English offerings in 23 two-year and four-year colleges are contained in this paper. Among the findings reported are the following: (1) the majority of schools surveyed used a placement test of some kind, and over half required students to enroll in a particular course based on test scores; (2) the majority of schools used a rhetoric handbook and a book of essays or a combination of the two; (3) the number of papers students were required to write ranged from four to twelve per course; (4) verbal communication skills received little or no emphasis in most courses; (5) developmental English courses were of major concern to most schools; (6) the importance of individual student conferences was stressed by most schools; (7) systems for evaluating students' written work differed from school to school; and (8) several schools offered a library research paper course that focused exclusively on the techniques for writing such a paper. Appendixes contain a copy of the questionnaire used in the survey, along with the number of responses to each question and a list of schools responding to the survey. (FL) |
| title | Sabbatical Report: A Study of College Freshman English Courses. |
| topic | College English College Freshmen Course Content Course Organization Curriculum Evaluation English Curriculum Higher Education School Surveys Two Year Colleges Writing (Composition) Writing Instruction |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED199712 |