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Cottey, Patricia – 1982
Suspecting that computer assisted instruction (CAI) could help teach grammar to freshman composition students at Northeast Missouri State University (NMSU), three instructors received a research grant to begin a program of testing basic writing skills and to initiate CAI instruction for those students who needed help in the tested areas. A survey…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationOffice of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1979
The purpose of this booklet is to provide information on what is known about standards for effective basic skills improvement programs to persons developing such programs, philosophies, standards, and strategies. It also provides access to current thinking by practicing professionals on standards for building effective programs to eligible…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Program Content
Summerlin, Charles Timothy – ADE Bulletin, 1985
Explains the importance of competence in standard American English in a developmental writing curriculum and reviews several theories of basic writing instruction. (EL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Educational Theories, Higher Education
May, Gordon S.; Arevalo, Claire – Journal of Accounting Education, 1983
The J. M. Tull School of Accounting at the University of Georgia has developed a program that integrates the teaching of writing skills with the regular accounting courses. Students in a three-course sequence write a total of eight papers--technical, memos, or reports--in assignments that resemble writing tasks encountered by professional…
Descriptors: Accounting, Content Area Writing, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education
Jansson, Karin, Ed. – School Research Newsletter, 1982
The Swedish Basic Skills in a Long Term Perspective research project, which is described in this paper, was prompted by the belief that only a long-term perspective could reveal significant changes in schools and society at large. The general purpose of the described project is to endeavor, in historical and societal terms, to elucidate and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Biggs, Shirley A., Ed.; And Others. – 1982
The 26 papers in this compilation focus on integrated communication instruction. The papers are arranged into four categories: the integrated curriculum, theory and practice on integration, implementation of the integrated curriculum, and the integrated curriculum beyond the classroom. Specific topics discussed in the papers include (1) language…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
Donaldson, Gregory; August, Bonne T. – 1979
A reading curriculum for adult learners is described, offering guidelines for instruction at three levels of reading equivalency (nonreader to third grade, third through sixth grade, and sixth through ninth grade). The curriculum is designed to help adults develop skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and studying in the content areas. After…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Communication Skills, Content Area Reading
Dick, John A. R.; And Others – 1983
Intended for use in curriculum planning, course development, and program evaluation, this report contains data from a study of the writing abilities of entering freshman students at the University of Texas at El Paso. The first chapter of the report provides background information concerning the need for systematic assessment of the writing…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Shaumleffel, Virginia – OSSC Bulletin, 1982
Three writing projects in the state of Oregon, each of which uses a different approach to the teaching of writing, are described in this report. The first section of the report deals with the Coos County ESD Composition Improvement Project, which focuses on writing as a three-step process involving prewriting, writing, and postwriting. The section…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Handbook for Planning an Effective Writing Program: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve. 1986 Edition.
Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1986
Intended to provide the schools of California with a standard for assessing their existing writing programs and a tool for designing new programs, this handbook addresses both the content and the teaching methodology of a writing program. Sections of the handbook provide (1) background information on the teaching of writing; (2) a discussion of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Dylla, Sandra M. – 1980
Components of the Reading/Writing Skills Center (RWSC) at General College, University of Minnesota, are described and assessed in this paper. The paper discusses changes made in the RWSC during 1978-79; procedures followed when students first come to the RWSC; the training and responsibilities of the undergraduate RWSC tutors; student evaluations…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Higher Education
Reed, Linda, Ed.; Ward, Spencer, Ed. – 1982
Resulting from a project involving district, state, and federal educational agencies, the papers in this, the second of two volumes, are intended to provide information from research and practice that can help school districts in their efforts to make decisions about goals and methods of basic skills instruction. The topics of the papers in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Pearsall, Thomas E., Ed. – 1974
Drawn from a conference that addressed the problems and challenges facing technical communication educators, the papers in this collection deal in general with career opportunities and educational programs in technical communication. Specifically, the papers discuss the following topics: (1) internship programs and job interviews at Rensselaer…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Communication Skills, Editing, Education Work Relationship
Society for Technical Communication, Washington, DC. – 1983
Prepared by representatives of government, business, industry, and education, the papers in this compilation deal with a variety of aspects of technical communication. The approximately 150 papers are arranged according to the following categories: advanced technology applications, graphics and production, management and professional development,…
Descriptors: Business, Computers, Editing, Education Work Relationship
Dunham, Trudy – 1987
This report describes the Learning Disabled College Writer's Project, implemented at the University of Minnesota during the 1985-86 school year and designed to aid learning disabled college students master composition skills through training in the use of microcomputer word processors. Following an executive summary, an introduction states the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
