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McCormick, Kathleen; And Others – 1989
This study is the 11th and last report from the Reading-to-Write Project, a collaborative study of students' cognitive processes at one critical point of entry into academic performance. The report consists of an Introduction and seven essays, each of which discusses ways to teach a variety of aspects of reading and writing which have been tried…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Critical Reading, Cultural Context, Higher Education
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Wollman-Bonilla, Julie E. – Reading Teacher, 1989
Explains how and why journals were chosen as a component of literature group reading. Shares excerpts from the journals of several children. Draws conclusions about the value of journals in contrast to more conventional written assignments. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness
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Brownlie, Faye; Gilchrist, Donna – Reading Teacher, 1989
Presents a grade one and two activity that teaches students the strategy of reading like a writer. Demonstrates the method using Dayal Kaur Khalsa's "I Want A Dog." (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Class Activities, Collaborative Writing, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Crow, Edith – 1983
By following the "steppingstone" or marker theory of dividing one's life into no more than 12 and no less than 8 significant periods, a student in a writing course can develop a brief response for each phase to articulate multiple experiences. Writing teachers can aid students in realizing that important life experiences are the stuff of…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Diaries
Bean, Wendy; Bouffler, Chrystine – 1987
Specifically intended to address the teaching of spelling, this description of an elementary school program in Australia deals with many of the pedagogical problems that arise in whole language classrooms, and suggests ways for teachers to integrate a process approach to spelling with process writing to create a total language program. Following…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction, Process Education
Barua, Dibakar – 1986
A writing instructor at a California University, assigned to teach expository writing in a science course, restructured the course before the third paper assignment to allow students to write, to discover, and explore ideas about science, rather than simply to learn standards of rhetoric or scientific writing. This assignment required students to…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Durdella, Nathan Richard – 2001
Literacy strategies useful in the adult education classroom were presented at a faculty professional development workshop. Literacy was described as a two-part process that included receptive (involving listening and reading) and expressive (involving speaking and writing). Content area was described as the focus of adult education literacy with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Content Area Reading