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- ISSN: 0098-6291
- E-ISSN: 1943-2356
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Does Being a Good Girl Lead to Being a Good Student?
- Source: Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Volume 38, Issue 1, Sep 2010, p. 68 - 77
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- 01 Sep 2010
Abstract
This article examines the social influences that affect how women perform in a composition course focused on first-year students. We know that society encourages young women to be good girls, but does being a good girl lead to being a good student? Can first-year composition assignments illuminate gender gaps at play in higher education?
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