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Applied Research Journal, 1986
Five articles by faculty members from the Community College of Philadelphia are presented in this journal issue. "Reconstructing the Academic Environment: A Proposal for the Revision of the General Studies Curriculum," by Martin B. Spear and Dennis McGrath, offers a conceptual foundation for decision making in curriculum development for general…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Karolides, Nicholas J., Ed. – Wisconsin English Journal, 1985
The articles in this journal issue explore classroom methods for enhancing language acquisition. The titles of the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) Forests and Trees: Conservation and Reforestation" (Joyce S. Steward); (2) "Using Literature to Teach Language" (Richard D. Cureton); (3) "Language Learning through…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 34 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: an evaluation of college-level dictionaries for use in freshman composition; peer feedback during the writing process; the effects of formal, traditional grammar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations
Ylvisaker, Miriam – 1979
This booklet is one of a series of teacher-written curriculum publications launched by the Bay Area Writing Project, each focusing on a different aspect of the teaching of composition. Introductory sections discuss writing fluency and the goals and procedures of a high school writing workshop for noncollege preparatory students. The work of three…
Descriptors: Feedback, Secondary Education, Student Writing Models, Teaching Methods
McLeod, Alan M., Ed. – Virginia English Bulletin, 1984
Articles in this journal issue focus primarily on evaluation in the language arts and oral communication. Following an introduction to the two themes, the articles discuss the following: (1) pop quizzes in literature, (2) holistic scoring, (3) self-evaluation strategies in prewriting and rewriting, (4) what not to do in student/teacher…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Evertts, Eldonna L. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1980
This journal issue provides topics and methods that elementary school teachers can use in writing instruction. The first part of the bulletin describes the nature of the composing process, the types of writing that elementary students produce, and an analysis of teaching strategies. These comments speak to the classroom teacher and reflect recent…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
Escoe, Adrienne S., Ed. – SWRL Instructional Improvement Digest, 1982
Generating writing ideas is often a serious obstacle for students. Some classroom techniques to help them out of this dilemma include word associating and self-questioning. Students can also construct a matrix chart with the subheadings from their information resources. Once ideas are generated, they can be arranged in appropriate presentation…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Organization, Prewriting, Skill Development
Turner, Judy – Primary English Notes (P.E.N.), 1984
The teaching activities presented in this pamphlet focus on spelling. The pamphlet begins with a discussion of the relationship between spelling and writing. Following that, it describes a language experience approach and its implications, the benefits of daily writing, and the kind of writing that allows a successful spelling program to operate.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Development, Language Experience Approach, Spelling
Escoe, Adrienne S., Ed. – SWRL Instructional Improvement Digest, 1981
Sentence combining can teach students one of the most difficult aspects of the writing process--how to construct effective, versatile sentences. In sentence combining exercises, students take a series of short sentences and combine them into a longer and more elaborate sentence in such a way that the important information from each short sentence…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Secondary Education, Sentence Combining, Sentence Structure
Nugent, Susan Monroe, Ed. – The Leaflet, 1987
Focusing on synthesis--the ability to recognize and create new ideas that subsume and relate to others--as one of the most sophisticated skills writers can attain, the articles in this journal present many ideas for teaching synthesis and a number of classroom approaches that combine the study of English with other fields. The following titles and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Interdisciplinary Approach, Secondary Education, Synthesis
Hall, Susan E. M. – Insights into Open Education, 1986
Two six-year old kindergartners from different classrooms were able to write books because their instructors recognized their enthusiasm and provided extra time. The first student, frustrated at not being able to finish rewriting "Cinderella" during the limited writing periods of the classroom, was allowed to finish the story over a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Family Environment, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Barnes, Linda Laube, Ed.; Smithson, Isaiah, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1986
Focusing on the issue of writing across the curriculum, this bulletin includes papers presented at the 1986 Annual Composition Conference. In his introduction, Isaiah Smithson describes writing across the curriculum as a "subversive" activity in that it entails a radical shift in the way teachers teach and learners learn. Toby Fulwiler…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Appreciation
Davis, Ken, Ed. – Kentucky English Bulletin, 1984
The articles in this journal issue present a wide range of theoretical and practical approaches to helping students benefit from imitating products and processes of writing. The eight articles discuss the following topics: (1) imitating models, (2) summary writing as an aid to using writing models, (3) rewriting "Indian Lad" to show how to imitate…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Imitation, Models, Teaching Methods
Andrews, Robert – Insights into Open Education, 1986
Helping first graders develop writing skills is the focus of this paper. The first part of the paper discusses 11 ideas likely to be crucial to any first grade writing program, such as the similarities between learning to talk and writing, and the teacher as the model writer. The second part of the paper outlines creative writing activities…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Grade 1, Learning Activities
Olson, Mary Ann, Ed.; Baer, Teddi, Ed. – The Idea Factory, 1984
Intended for writing teachers, the activities in this issue blend right/left brain lessons--kinesthetic, spatial, and playful--to provide students with prewriting experience. The activities include the following: (1) creativity olympics, such as finding criteria by which large groups of students may subdivide themselves into successively smaller…
Descriptors: Creativity, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Middle Schools
