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Direct linkDack, Hilary – Middle School Journal, 2020
"This We Believe" advocates the use of a curriculum that maximizes early adolescent learning by integrating multiple disciplines rather than teaching them in isolation. The development of an interdisciplinary curricular unit is a common assignment in middle grades teacher education programs that seek to prepare teacher candidates to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedRoen, Duane H. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Argues that writing assignments should (1) specify audience, purpose, and topic, (2) define rhetorical problems, (3) incorporate stages of the composing process, (4) provide timely feedback to avoid cognitive overload, and (5) follow some developmental sequence. Describes several assignments based on letter writing. (JG)
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence)
Wilson, Dawn – 1980
A journal-based college composition program has been developed that links journal writing to the development of competence in more formal writing. Students write both free choice and assigned entries, and their entries become the basis of all the themes they write; in-class assignments focus on the improvement of specific aspects of the journal…
Descriptors: Assignments, College English, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Haisty, Donna – Writing Instructor, 1984
Discusses the sequencing of writing assignments based on students' natural development. Cites the work of Piaget and Moffett. (FL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Educational Philosophy
Download full textBisson, Lillian M. – 1981
Seeking to involve students more actively in their writing assignments, two teachers developed a group of sequential writing assignments with an interdisciplinary emphasis for students in an advanced writing course. The goal of these writing assignments was to give students who had solved most of their mechanical writing problems a chance to…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedReagan, Sally Barr – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1986
Noting that combining reading instruction with writing instruction is more effective than teaching writing alone, describes and evaluates various sequential activities and exercises to promote involved reading. Includes mapping, summarizing, synthesizing, and critiquing assigned readings, all of which lead to the research paper. (JG)
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Expository Writing, Higher Education
McKibben, Mary Lou – 1982
After describing the development of a listening component in a university study skills curriculum, this paper presents ten assignments on effective listening skills for use as college study skills. The listening assignments are presented in a sequence beginning with focusing attention and following oral instructions precisely and ending with…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Content Area Reading
