Recounts the experience of the author who has taught many undergraduate courses not specifically in her area of concentration. (IR)

Speech delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) on December 26, 1970 in New York, New York. (DS)

Cites research suggesting that extensive reading is as effective as intensive reading in developing general reading ability and is more effective in promoting good attitudes among elementary and secondary school students toward reading. (MM)

Suggests that giving disabled readers assignments that involve a purpose and make reading secondary improves motivation and ability. (AEA)

Describes research, practice, and resources for giving students writing activities in several rhetorical contexts and to various audiences. (RL)

The author assigned students in his high school religion course to interview their parents and other Catholic adults about sex, love, and marriage. He discusses the benefits of this interview format in promoting adult/child communication about sexuality. (SJL)

Reports of classroom research on the effectiveness of sentence combining as a teaching technique. Notes the value of in-class research. (RL)

Bibliographies of student papers, student questionnaires, and interviews with library media specialists were examined in studying the use of magazine articles by high school students to fulfill assignments calling for the collection of information on individual topics. Areas examined included context of use, age of materials, title selection, and…

Explains specific writing strategies that teachers from other disciplines have used effectively in their classes. Describes the interdisciplinary project from which these strategies evolved. Focuses on designing writing assignments linked to course objectives and responding to student writing for its value as discovery learning. (RL)

Describes how an elementary teacher can plan and manage directed reading, including selecting appropriate children's books, preparing a reading guidesheet for each, and conducting conferences with each student to reinforce reading comprehension and vocabulary development. (SJL)

Describes writing assignments in which students develop paragraphs incorporating various sense images. (RL)

A system for grading student work based on contracts is examined. Types of contracts, methods for controlling quality as well as quantity of work, advantages of the contract grading system, and the results of research into the use of grade contracts--including student reaction to the system--are some of the topics discussed. (JMP)

Discussion of the theory-practice gap focuses on a course for education students that integrates instruction on conducting both theoretical and practical research. The dual approach illustrates the value of theoretical research to students' practice as teachers. Highlights include a literature review, course objectives and assignments, course…