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The Validity Of Awarding Credit By Examination In English Composition, Mark Guymon Christensen
The Validity Of Awarding Credit By Examination In English Composition, Mark Guymon Christensen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study investigated the validity of excusing students from composition courses based upon an objective examination.
Utah State University (USU) students who had taken freshman composition courses during the 1970-71 school year when these courses were required of all entering freshman students were divided into two groups: one group was composed of those who had received an "A" or "B" for three freshman composition courses, while the other group had received a- "C" or "D" for the same courses. USU students who had been excused from taking freshman composition courses based on the CLEP General Examination in English Composition (CLEP) …