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In the Spirit of Wyoming: Using Local Action Research to Create a Context for Change.
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Rankin, Elizabeth – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1992
Discusses the situation of part-time writing program faculty at the University of North Dakota and a research project undertaken to understand their situation. Suggests that such research, undertaken locally and shared with a local audience, can complement broad based reform initiatives like the Wyoming Resolution and the CCCC Statement of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Faculty Workload, Higher Education, Part Time Faculty
WPAs Assess the CCCC's "Statement of Principles and Standards."
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Carter, Duncan; McClelland, Ben – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1992
Identifies 10 questions that dominated the 1990 WPA Conference at Portland, Oregon, part of a continuing dialogue over professional standards in writing instruction. Captures the voices of conference participants as they pose answers to the issues raised in the Wyoming Resolution and the Statement of Principles and Standards. (RS)
Descriptors: College Faculty, English Departments, Higher Education, Part Time Faculty
Development of Composition Instruction through Peer Coaching.
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Cooper, Allene; Kehl, D. G. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1991
Reports on a survey of 40 geographically representative state and private universities with sizable composition programs. Documents both the need for and interest in peer coaching of teaching assistants. (MG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Peer Coaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions