The differences in the ability to write critical and analytical essays among students with individual annotation styles were investigated. Critical and analytical writing was determined by the writer's ability to respond to a text with logical and critical analysis and attention to its thematic argument. Annotation styles were determined by ways…

Designed for low-level adult learners, this book contains true stories of 20 men and women who have faced and overcome serious challenges in their lives. The book is intended to inspire and motivate developmental students in basic reading and writing classes. The book can be adapted to different instructional approaches--some teachers may wish to…

Maintains that teaching is, among other things, the art of connecting students with course content in personal, relevant, and exciting ways. Presents three classroom lessons that incorporate journals, plays, and essays into social studies teaching. Includes discussion questions and follow-up assignments. (CFR)

This collection of activities related to women chemists and physicists is designed for use in cooperative groups of three students each. Each of eight activities consists of a written account of the career and life of an historical woman scientist and four writing activity suggestions. The writings from each group can then be organized into one…

This paper offers instruction for college students on the preparation and presentation of toasts for various social gatherings and occasions--as a "real life" application of public speaking. The paper includes a description of a toast proposal, toast outline, toast speech evaluation form, and two sample toast outlines. It suggests a…

An instructor is interested in the ways that ethical inquiry can shed light on theoretical and practical concerns that are raised by composition's interest in postmodernism and cultural studies, specifically in whether difference can be negotiated while still allowing for rhetorical agency. Inquiry into ethics and composition can offer a new…

Students in 4 sections of a college reading and study strategies course at a comprehensive midwestern university (part of a special admission program for low achieving students) completed an open-ended assignment in which they wrote about their memories of learning to read. A free-form analysis sheet was developed to sort out the information in…

Writing must receive major emphasis in teaching-learning situations. There are important differences between creative endeavors and those that involve role learning and exact answers. Creativity emphasizes the novel, the unique, the original, and the open-ended. Creativity should stress writing across the curriculum, and should involve reading and…

Designed to help teachers develop a collaborative writing community in the intermediate grade classroom, this teacher's resource and support package gives teachers what they need to apply process writing principles to five of the most popular student writing forms or genres ("memorable moments,""interesting…

The attached materials have been developed for use on the CSU CYBER Computer's Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSSONL). The assignments are graded in difficulty and gradually introduce new commands and require the practice of previously learned commands. The handouts begin with basic instructions for logging on; then XEDIT is taught…

To improve students' term papers and their experiences in writing them the author suggests that students be required to submit written proposals for their topics by the end of the second or third week. Proposals would include an overview, tentative outline, conclusion, and a preliminary reading list. A sample proposal is included. (JT)

The ethnographic research project described here is designed to motivate students by requiring them to look at and describe their daily lives with a sociological perspective. The project invites discussions of theory, ethnographic technique, and field work procedures. (NHM)

The requirements and course content of an introductory level philosophy course are described, with a special emphasis on criteria which govern the assignment of grades. A course handout which describes what is expected of class reports is included. (NHM)

Serving as a way to sum up or apply many of the principles students have been studying in a general semantics course, a unit on advertising language is devoted to examining how advertisers select language for its affective and directive uses. The unit shows how language is used to stimulate consumer interest in a product and often to mask the lack…