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Peer reviewedCook, Devan – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2001
Shows how an editing assignment emphasizing punctuation can help students in a first-year writing class discover new ideas and perspectives as part of the revision process. Considers a class that experimented with editing punctuation for a dual purpose--as a revision heuristic as well as for correctness. Reconsiders editing and revision…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Editing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEnders, Doug – Clearing House, 2001
Considers what high school activities helped prepare students to write papers in college. Discusses how students' responses help teachers to see what students found useful (or not) in their high school preparation. Concludes that students addressed four aspects of their high school writing experience that affected their level of preparation:…
Descriptors: Editing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Revision (Written Composition)
