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Nerren, Jannah; Hasbun, Tracey Covington – Educational Renaissance, 2018
This study investigated the effects of using teacher candidate-created observation protocols based on current research on classroom practices to connect research to practice. The study examined the extent to which mentor teachers modeled current research-based practices as measured by the protocols and explored the frequency with which the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Education Programs, Classroom Observation Techniques
Wilson, Douglas A.; Davis, Deborah; Dondlinger, Mary Jo; Li, Jessica; Warren, Scott J. – Online Submission, 2010
Forced to cope with a growing population of students under-prepared for college writing, a large community college in northern Texas engaged in a transformative redesign of its developmental writing sequence, streamlining two courses, various student support services, and technology applications to boost student success, retention, and…
Descriptors: Student Writing Models, Writing (Composition), Academic Discourse, Community Colleges
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Dirrigl, Frank J., Jr.; Noe, Mark – Journal of Biological Education, 2014
Teaching scientific writing in biology classes is challenging for both students and instructors. This article offers and reviews several useful "toolkit" items that improve student writing. These include sentence and paper-length templates, funnelling and compartmentalisation, and preparing compendiums of corrections. In addition,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Technical Writing, Biology
Beach, Richard – Online Submission, 2011
This paper analyzes the influence of three different learning paradigms for learning literacy--formalist, cognitive-processing, and literacy practices--on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. It argues that the Common Core State Standards are based largely on a formalist paradigm as evident in the emphasis on teaching text…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Models, State Standards, Educational Change
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Cardenas, Diana; Garza, Susan Loudermilk – Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
To be actively involved in their own writing requires that students make decisions. In order to build a new approach for our Technical/Professional Writing classes, we assessed our individual teaching practices and past experiences, studied current scholarship on teaching writing, and conducted research on technical writing in our local community.…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Teaching Models, Teacher Role, Evaluation Criteria