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Linked Psychology and Writing Courses Across the Curriculum
- The Journal of General Education
- Penn State University Press
- Volume 56, Number 2, 2007
- pp. 83-92
- 10.1353/jge.2007.0017
- Article
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To enhance student performance, prevent attrition, and build a learning community, two courses were linked together by requiring concurrent enrollment. Students in an unlinked class were used as a comparison group. Grades, evaluations, and attrition rate suggest that linking courses can improve writing and exam scores and reduce attrition.