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Niles, Jerome A., Ed.; Lalik, Rosary V., Ed. – 1985
Reflecting current themes that scholars in reading/language research, by their selective attention, have indicated are important in the field of literacy and learning in natural settings, this yearbook presents a collection of 62 selected research articles from the National Reading Conference for 1984. Included are the following articles, listed…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emergent Literacy, Literacy, Literacy Education
Cronnell, Bruce, Ed.; Michael, Joan, Ed. – 1982
Drawn from a California conference that brought together writing instructors and researchers, the papers in this compilation address problems in writing, policies affecting both writing instruction and assessment, and possibilities for improving both areas. Papers in the first section of the book represent positions of eight separate entities: (1)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Mass Media
Mathes, J. C., Comp.; Pinelli, Thomas E., Comp. – 1981
The 34 papers in this volume discuss a variety of technical writing topics. The following are some of these topics: (1) definitions and historical analyses of technical writing; (2) using case studies in technical writing classes; (3) advice to beginning teachers on how to teach graphics in technical communication classes; (4) preparing for an…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Foreign Students, Graphic Arts
Kelley, Patrick M., Ed.; Samuels, Marilyn Schauer, Ed. – 1984
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. The topics of the 19 papers include the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Evaluation, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study
Mathes, J. C., Comp.; Pinelli, Thomas E., Comp. – 1981
The 42 papers in this volume discuss a variety of technical writing topics. The following are some of these topics: (1) industry's views on new directions in technical communication, and the technical writing skills that industry needs; (2) an interdisciplinary approach to teaching technical report writing in the community college; (3) designing…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Higher Education
Kelley, Patrick M., Ed.; And Others – 1982
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation for present and future technical communicators. Among the topics discussed in the 17 articles are…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Programs
Huitt, William G., Ed. – 1991
Covering a wide variety of issues of concern to educators, the papers compiled in this proceedings report present graduate student research on writing instruction, mathematics instruction, cooperative learning groups, a follow-up program to Project Head Start, relationships between language and music, and the self-concept of gifted children. The…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Kwalick, Barry, Ed.; Slaughter, Virginia, Ed. – 1980
The proceedings of the fourth annual Association of Writing Supervisors within the City University of New York (CUNY) are offered in this special newsletter issue. The papers from the proceedings are organized under the five thematic strands of the conference, which confronted the central issues of writing instruction at CUNY. The five strands are…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1980
The proceedings of a conference designed to give researchers and educators the opportunity to discuss issues affecting public education, this report opens with a description of the Research and Development Exchange Coordinating Group's initial efforts to address teacher concerns in oral and written communication instruction. It then lists…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research
Combs, Martha, Ed. – 1986
Articles in this yearbook cover a variety of topics in the field of language arts instruction, such as applying recent metacognition theory in reading instruction; using of journals, videotapes, and humor in the classroom; training reading teachers; and improving students' speaking and listening skills. Articles and their authors are as follows:…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Humor