Boredom in the First-Year Composition Classroom

Tracey Baker

doi:10.58680/tetyc20032078

ISSN: 0098-6291
E-ISSN: 1943-2356

Boredom in the First-Year Composition Classroom
Author(s): Tracey Baker
Source: Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Volume 30, Issue 4, May 2003, p. 404 - 415
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/tetyc20032078
- Published online: 01 May 2003

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After considering complaints of boredom as a significant factor in our classrooms, the second part of this article analyzes the responses of thirty-two first-year writing students to questions about boredom.

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