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Caviglia-Harris, Jill – Journal of Economic Education, 2020
Economists largely agree that writing is fundamental to understanding and communicating economics and can serve as an effective way to teach students to "think like economists." However, only a small percentage of programs include writing-intensive courses, a major research paper, or a senior thesis, and even fewer devote class time to…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Process Approach (Writing), Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Assignments
Rea, Simon; Brewster, Eric – Guidelines, 1993
Insights from first- and second-language learning research have been used to help prepare a process-based writing course for large nonnative speaker classes at a commercial and technical university in Austria. Methods used during the 21-hour course are described, including think-aloud writing tapes. (Contains 32 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
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Prendergast, Anne Marie – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001
Argues that writing to a real audience in the form of a letter is an effective way for students to learn the importance of audience in writing. Stresses the idea that students who are intimidated by the writing process will view letter writing in a more positive light and be more amenable to the learning process. Describes a specific…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Letters (Correspondence), Process Approach (Writing), Student Writing Models
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Kinzer-Brackbill, Kim – NAMTA Journal, 2001
Describes one teacher's approach to process writing, a mainstay for Montessori adolescent classrooms. The premise of the method is that everyone has the natural potential to write and that the emergence of the inner voice must be nurtured by extended conferencing and revision combined with taking risks, experimenting, and continually revising.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childrens Writing, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Brauer, David – Composition Studies, 2006
This article discusses a theoretical aspect of composition studies concerning the development of "an irenic multicultural composition classroom." The author notes that such a classroom environment, where all parties learn how to get along and perhaps learn to "agree to disagree," has been a long-time goal of composition studies theorists. However,…
Descriptors: Writing Exercises, Classroom Environment, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Kitao, S. Kathleen; Saeki, Namie – Annual Reports of Studies, 1992
Traditional approaches to teaching writing have been challenged, and new methods have emerged that reflect the new understanding of this process. This paper compares and contrasts product-based and process-based approaches to teaching writing. Product approaches reflect traditional, teacher-centered approaches to teaching in general, emphasizing…
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Journal Writing