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Decker, Emily; And Others – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1993
Advocates making large-scale writing assessment consistent with the view that writing is fundamentally about making and sharing meaning. Argues that this is possible through a writing portfolio system of assessment. Describes how such a portfolio program was begun at the University of Michigan to assess beginning students. (HB)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Ramage, John D.; Bean, John C. – ADE Bulletin, 1990
Updates an earlier report to underscore the inadvisability of imposing large sections of freshman composition students on reluctant departments and to promote further discussion of the issues raised by the program. Discusses some of the more controversial implications raised by the program. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Thrush, Emily A.; Hardisty, David – 1989
Computer networking has made many new activities available to language learners. While these innovations are practical, they are also grounded in theory and justifiable on sound principles of language learning. Computers make possible classroom activities maximizing the benefit drawn from complex and otherwise unmanageable communicative…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Ross, Karen A. – 1986
In the last 10 to 15 years, a number of higher education institutions have initiated model cooperative programs with high schools to strengthen secondary composition instruction. The Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP) in California involves a 5-week summer seminar in which both secondary and postsecondary instructors write the kinds of compositions…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Freshman Composition