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This important early (1977) discussion of basic writing made a woke the world up to the concept of teaching basic writing and still provides important insights today. Her work on error analysis is very useful.

By Mina P Shaughnessy. Published by Oxford University Press, 1977. This guide examines student errors in thousands of papers to better understand the nature of writing errors among incoming college students.

By David Glenn in the Teaching section, Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb 7, 2010. This is an article about new research from the CUNY Graduate Center that looks at "self-regulated learning." With this method, math students work with their instructors to analyze their errors, reworking problems to be sure that they understand how to solve them next time. The article is available by subscription. For the full text, check with your local library.

KS posted a PDF of the article (see her 2/12/10 Coffee Klatch posting for the link).

From Monroe Community College's Writing Center. Students test their skills to correct grammatical errors.

An important compilation of articles about contexts, theories, and practices for the teaching of basic writing.

By Marisa A. Klages and J. Elizabeth Clark, in Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), v 28 (1), p. 32-49, 2009. Authors (both GSCC faculty) look at using ePortfolio with basic writers.

By Danielle Atenburg of Valley Morning Star in The Montor.com, April 28 2011.

R.G. used this article as an illustration in his lesson on Quadratic Formula, week 14, semester 3.