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Munger, Roger; Johnson, Tyler G. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
Although often considered a topic reserved for the English classroom, writing has been successfully used by other disciplines to stimulate active learning of course content. This article demonstrates that physical educators can use writing as a tool to help students to better understand and, ultimately, appreciate physical activity. This article…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Writing Instruction, Secondary School Teachers
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Long, Ziyu; Williams, Elizabeth A. – Communication Teacher, 2021
Courses: Organizational Communication; any advanced communication course that can benefit from using a case study approach. Objectives: This semester-long case study assignment asks students to write a case study around an organizational communication issue based on their empirical data collection of a real organization. Students are expected to…
Descriptors: Organizational Communication, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Writing Assignments
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Loewe, Drew M. – Composition Studies, 2018
Writing and Rhetoric 3326: Legal Writing is an introduction to legal analysis and writing. It is offered at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, a Holy Cross liberal arts university of approximately 4,300 students, mostly undergraduates. This course focuses on applied rhetoric, and is designed to give undergraduate students experience in…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Writing Strategies
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Cooney, Adeline; Darcy, Eamon; Casey, Denis – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2018
Writing from sources is an important academic skill but students find it a difficult skill to learn. The lesson study method was used to design and evaluate learning and teaching strategies aimed at improving students' writing from sources skills. The team developed a seven-part lesson plan and associated learning activities and practice…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Skill Development
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Sundeen, Todd H. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2014
Students with disabilities often find expressive writing frustrating and difficult. The prospect of writing a well-developed five-paragraph essay can be especially daunting. One reason is that struggling writers may have difficulty conceptualizing how the elements of an effective essay are developed. This article describes an instructional…
Descriptors: Essays, Secondary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Writing Assignments
Allen, Laura K.; Snow, Erica L.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2016
A commonly held belief among educators, researchers, and students is that high-quality texts are easier to read than low-quality texts, as they contain more engaging narrative and story-like elements. Interestingly, these assumptions have typically failed to be supported by the literature on writing. Previous research suggests that higher quality…
Descriptors: Role, Writing (Composition), Natural Language Processing, Hypothesis Testing
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2005
The "Quest for Less" is designed for teachers in grades K-8 to use as one of the many tools in the development of lesson plans. Activities and concepts in this resource can be incorporated into existing curricula, or teachers can create special week-long units on the environment and solid waste or use the activities to commemorate Earth Day. This…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Sanitation, Environmental Education
Goff-Kfouri, Carol Ann – 2001
Research has shown that although university instructors of English as a Second Language are aware of the benefits that active learning can bring the student, teacher-centered, traditional lecture method classes are still the norm. Resistance to change is due in part to large class sizes, limited instruction hours, and the perception that proactive…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Business Communication, Business English, Case Studies
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center, Richmond. – 2000
This document, which was developed for the orientation component of the adult education program at New River Community College in Virginia, contains lessons, forms, and other materials intended to assist teachers looking for orientation ideas that are clear, attractive, and easy to use and that integrate the goals of Virginia's Equipped for the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs