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Download full textGreenburg, Karen, Ed.; Slaughter, Ginny, Ed. – 1988
This newsletter contains 32 abstracts of approximately 1000 words each of papers presented at the 1988 conference of the National Testing Network in Writing. Abstracts, listed with their authors, include "Instructional Directions from Large Scale K-12 Writing Assessments" (C. Chew); "Portfolio Assessment across the Curriculum: Early Conflicts" (C.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Uses in Education, Essay Tests, Holistic Evaluation
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
Enkvist, Nils Erik, Ed. – 1985
A selection of the papers from a symposium on the application of linguistic concepts to teaching composition are contained in this document. The papers and authors are as follows: "Introduction: Coherence, Composition, and Text Linguistics" (Nils Erik Enkvist); "TUAP and the Teaching of Writing in Sweden" (Lennart Bjork): "Discourse-Level…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis
Humes, Ann, Ed.; And Others – 1981
This volume focuses on papers presented by grantees supported by the National Institute of Education and the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education at a meeting held in September, 1980. Papers are grouped into the following sections: composing processes and development, writing assessment, writing instruction in context, the writing…
Descriptors: College English, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Hairston, Maxine C., Ed.; Selfe, Cynthia L., Ed. – 1981
Nine selected papers presented at the Texas Writing Research Group's 1981 conference are offered in this collection. The papers discuss (1) sources of linguistic interference among American minorities; (2) contributions of discourse analysis to composition; (3) emerging notions of heuristic (investigative), eristic (controversial), and protreptic…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, History, Language Variation
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
