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Peer reviewedDvorak, Jack – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1998
Shows that high school students who took a specialized high school course in intensive journalistic writing passed the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Examination at higher rates (from 1991 to 1997) than did test-takers who took AP English Composition courses as a preparation for the exam. (SR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, High Schools, Journalism Education
Bennett, Ron – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1989
Reports the results of a year-long program incorporating intensive journalistic writing into Advanced Placement English courses. Notes that most students who took the course received high scores on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition test, and that all students in the course improved their writing. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Course Descriptions, English Instruction
Weber, Diane – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1989
Describes the author's experiences when incorporating an intensive journalistic writing program into her high school English class. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Course Descriptions, English Instruction
Download full textFleitz, Elizabeth – CEA Forum, 2007
Having celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2005, the Advanced Placement (AP) program has received quite a bit of attention in the past few years due mainly to its exponential growth in popularity. While much of this attention has been positive, a significant amount of criticism has attacked the assumptions of the AP program, aligning it with…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, English Instruction, English Curriculum
