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Peer reviewedHunniford, R. Mark – English Quarterly, 1983
Examines how different types of prewriting activities, teacher motivations, and classroom environments influence the student writing process. (MM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Environment, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMixson, Imogene M. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Describes several techniques for making discussion groups function well in a composition classroom. (AEA)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Groups
Peer reviewedWomble, Gail G. – English Journal, 1984
Notes the advantages grade 10 English students found in using a word processor: (1) they spend more time reworking text, (2) they are better able to determine needed change, (3) they find the revision process less arduous, and (4) they seem to find it easier to develop a sense of audience. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, English Instruction, Grade 10
Self, Warren P. – 1983
Research on how students in a university composition class generate and use ideas not only yielded data on the process of invention, but also altered the structure of the course and the teacher-researcher's attitudes toward teaching writing. To facilitate the study of invention, researchers instituted several changes in the course format. They…
Descriptors: College Students, Discovery Processes, Educational Strategies, Higher Education
Download full textKaufmann, Felice A., Ed. – 1987
Contributed by high school English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration with such activities as examining the…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English Instruction
