Leveling the Academic Playing Field through Autobiographical Reading and Writing.

Spires, Hiller A.; Williams, Josie B.; Jackson, Alecia; Huffman, Lois E.

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ERIC Number: EJ575040

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Leveling the Academic Playing Field through Autobiographical Reading and Writing.

Spires, Hiller A.; Williams, Josie B.; Jackson, Alecia; Huffman, Lois E.

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v42 n4 p296-304 Dec-Jan 1998-1999

Suggests that autobiography is a fertile context for students to develop a facility for reading and writing and for defining and constructing themselves within an academic setting. Discusses using autobiography in an introduction to academic discourse course for developmental college students. (RS)

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Autobiographies, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Remedial Instruction, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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