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Bleakley, Lou Ann – 1974
This study is concerned with the concept of rhetorical stance: the interrelationships among speaker, content, and audience in a communication situation. It is hypothesized that when the rhetorical stance model is applied to the secondary English curriculum, the teaching of literature will improve. This hypothesis is confirmed by evidence gained in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Theories, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Farmer, William Lewis – 1976
Sixty students in four sections of freshman composition participated in a study comparing written corrections of student themes with oral, individualized evaluations in which the instructor explained problems and weaknesses in each theme and helped the student improve the writing. There were no other differences in the activities of the control…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Doctoral Dissertations, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods
Sexton, Stephen – 1976
Twenty-six elementary school principals were selected from ten Wyoming school districts to participate in this study, which was designed to identify common procedures and policies concerning the identification of individual pupil's reading levels, the selection of specific reading materials, and the development of a reading program. Responses to a…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Doctoral Dissertations
Steinruck, Yvonne Siu – 1975
The purposes of this descriptive study were to determine what changes occurred in teachers' perceptions of the reading process--as measured by the Siu Test of Teacher Perception of the Reading Process (STORP)--after instruction in miscue analysis, and to determine what changes occurred in teachers' classroom reading instruction--as measured by the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Rogers, Bruce – 1990
Elements of the Japanese educational system were examined to determine if they could be incorporated into U.S. practices. Research was reviewed in five areas, and annotations for each section were organized chronologically beginning with the most recent. The five areas covered were: (1) differences in test scores of achievement and cognitive…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives
Wolter, Daniel Ralph – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine what kind of feedback would be most effective in helping students improve their writing and in what manner it should be provided. Feedback was provided on a specific writing task, the short autobiographical narrative. Improvement was measured by scales of the three variables: completeness, development,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary Education
