Using a Corequisite Composition Workshop to Accelerate Students

Authors

  • Andrea A. Berta University of Texas at El Paso

Keywords:

education, developmental students, corequisite courses, community colleges, developmental education

Abstract

DOI: 10.58997/1.2pp2

 

 

Author Biography

  • Andrea A. Berta, University of Texas at El Paso

    Andrea A. Berta has a B.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1985, she began her career at UTEP as a tutor and became a teacher in 1986. Currently, she is Director of the Developmental English Program at UTEP. She has taught Developmental Reading and Writing, Integrated Reading and Writing, Seminar in Critical Inquiry, Freshman Composition, Study Skills, Business Communication, and Technical Writing. In her spare time, she likes to garden and read.

     

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Published

2018-10-01

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2018): J-CASP FALL 2018: Volume 1, Issue 2_

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Promising Practices

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Using a Corequisite Composition Workshop to Accelerate Students. (2018). Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 1(2), 5. https://jcasp-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/jcasp/article/view/102

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