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Download full textCollins, James L.; Collins, Kathleen M. – 1994
Writing processes and writing skills are highly compatible, but only if "writing skills" are defined as genuinely helpful learning strategies rather than prescriptive techniques or isolated forms and rules. Increased skill is a product of meaningful practice, not prescriptive instructions or isolated drills. In the present context, the…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Skill Development
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Direct linkHirsch, Linda; And Others – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Describes the Language across the Curriculum programs operating at Hostos Community College for English-as-a-Second-Language students; at Miami-Dade Community College for bilingual transfer students; and Dawson College for faculty. (DMM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Troiano, Edna M.; Draus, Julia – 1990
In 1983, Charles County Community College (CCCC) initiated a project to infuse academic information from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences into developmental courses. The reorganization assignments related to 27 topics that promoted academic examination and cultural literacy while at the same time drawing from students' own…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Interdisciplinary Approach
Woodruff, Barbara Bilson, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1989
With each issue focusing on different themes, volume 16 of "Inside English" looks at writing programs and critical thinking, developmental writing and the plight of part-time faculty, teaching literature and study abroad programs, and English as a Second Language (ESL) and English programs. In addition to regular columns on the English Council of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, College English, College Faculty
