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Qaddour, Kinana – English Teaching Forum, 2017
This activity uses podcasts to model narrative writing techniques. The challenges students face when exercising narrative writing skills are unique when compared to those of persuasive and expository writing; my students have repeatedly expressed their qualms with articulating experiences that engage their audience. Although students have…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, Writing Skills
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Tian, Xiufeng – English Language Teaching, 2013
This article aims at the feature analysis of four expository essays (Text A/B/C/D) written by secondary school students with a focus on the differences between spoken and written language. Texts C and D are better written compared with the other two (Texts A&B) which are considered more spoken in language using. The language features are…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, English, Oral Language, Written Language
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Miller, Jane E. – Educational Forum, 2010
Quantitative literacy is an important proficiency that pertains to "word problems" from science, history, and other fields. Unfortunately, teaching how to solve such problems often is relegated to math courses alone. This article examines how quantitative literacy also involves concepts and skills from English composition and the substantive…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Writing Strategies, Expository Writing
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Denecker, Christine – Composition Studies, 2013
Crossing the threshold from high school to college-level writing expectations constitutes a challenge for many students since secondary and post-secondary composition instructors often work under different constraints and are guided by different curricular philosophies. Dual enrollment classrooms provide a space where these differences can be…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Dual Enrollment, Writing (Composition), Secondary Education
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Cooper, Monica Wengrowicz – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2002
Art and science are generally thought to be two different forms of human activity. When speaking of "arts," one normally uses the term to encompass diverse types of art such as painting, poetry, and music, even though the modes of symbolization in the different arts are based on different characters such as notes, lines, and words. Science,…
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Poetry, Expository Writing, Scientific Literacy
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Patterson, Jean A. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2006
A team of faculty and students from a principal preparation program sought to discover how administrators and teachers in two culturally diverse middle schools were implementing the concept of learning community. The purposes of the study was to: (1) Explore how administrators and teachers defined learning communities; (2) Determine how the two…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Middle Schools, Fundamental Concepts, Change Strategies
Bracey, Gerald – Electronic Learning, 1992
Discussion of creativity in writing focuses on a study of eighth graders that compared results of an expository writing assignment completed on word processors with the assignment using pencil and paper. Students' ability levels are considered, and revision processes are examined. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Analysis, Creative Writing, Creativity
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Holmes, Colette; And Others – Research Strategies, 1993
Describes an expository writing course designed to teach students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York) how to analyze the language and culture of professional literature. The roles of writing instructors and librarians are explained for an assignment that involves comparing 2 issues of the same journal--current and 20-years-old. (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods