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Sommers, Jeffrey – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1993
Uses a student essay and dialog journal entries to discuss problems raised by context in grading student writing. Encourages teachers to rethink the whole system of grading and to discuss their conclusions openly. (SR)
Descriptors: Grading, Higher Education, Student Evaluation, Student Writing Models
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Dilworth, Collett – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Discusses the results of research that suggest there are two distinct "schools of thought" or predilections that influence teachers' judgments in evaluating compositions. (AEA)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Higher Education, Student Writing Models, Teacher Attitudes
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Bernstein, Susan Naomi – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1998
Describes how one teacher uses life writing (reading and writing about transformative life experiences) in her basic writing class to engage students and to help them understand the power and purpose of reaching out to a variety of audiences. Discusses grading life writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Basic Writing, Life Events, Personal Narratives