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Kort, Melissa Sue – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1991
Although classroom assessment techniques resemble common writing exercises, they offer college composition instructors insight into effective instruction. Their use can also lead to classroom research projects and further faculty development. An example of such an exercise is to have students write a one-minute paper on classroom instruction in…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

Kloss, Robert J. – College Teaching, 1993
A technique found useful in a college literature appreciation class is to have students write their reactions to or questions about the day's class, anonymously, on note cards, for the teacher's perusal. The exercise provides information about what is or is not being learned and allows tracking of student development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Higher Education

Kloss, Robert J. – College Teaching, 1996
A technique for starting college students on research paper projects is outlined. The approach, requiring students to begin with a five-minute writing exercise that can form the nucleus of a longer, more intellectually demanding paper involving library work, is felt to stimulate critical thinking and minimize plagiarism. Phased report development…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking

Welch, Marshall; Jensen, Jeffrey B. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1991
A video-assisted strategic intervention for developing written expression skills was field tested during a summer school session for 71 at-risk middle school students. Results indicated significantly greater gains in written expression skills than produced by the traditional, grammar-based language arts instruction delivered to a comparison group.…
Descriptors: Educational Media, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Zucker, George K. – 1993
A writing exercise used in one college-level introductory Spanish literature course has been found helpful in converting student frustration into a challenge and changing perceptions of the teacher from adversary to ally. When the first reading assignment is due, the teacher tells the students how frustrating the class can be and lets them begin…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education
Lamb, Holly; Best, Diane L. – 1990
It is proposed that through the use of whole language techniques, an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher can incorporate holistic language situations into the ESL classroom and advance the student's acquisition of a second language. Whole language techniques such as spontaneous conversation, brainstorming with semantic maps, dialogue…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dialog Journals
Zamel, Vivian – 1983
It is important that teachers help students to realize that writing is not simply a product, or a means to an end, but an exploratory, cyclical process. Research has shown that skilled writers conceptualize the effect of their writing as a whole, as a generative process, whereas unskilled writers are distracted by surface-level features and are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Diaries, English (Second Language), Error Patterns

Beall, Herbert; Trimbur, John – College Teaching, 1993
Use of in-class writing assignments in a college chemistry course, intended to help students form and express new concepts, was also found to increase students' sense of participation and feeling of control over learning and to help the instructor assess learning and further instructional needs. Some resistance was also discovered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Science
Bourdet, Jean-Francois; Lieutaud, Simone – Francais dans le Monde, 1993
It is proposed that intercultural creative writing exercises can be conducted using the fax machine to communicate between schools, even in different countries. Specific themes and activities for French second-language writing projects are outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Steer, Jocelyn – 1988
The teacher of a class of pre-university students of English as a second language at the high-intermediate level assesses the usefulness of dialogue journal writing to develop second language skills and to promote better writing. The course emphasized essay-writing, not technical writing, and was organized around thematic units using a textbook.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English for Academic Purposes

Pernecky, Mark – College Teaching, 1993
The technique of having college economics students write brief reaction papers in response to assigned readings has been found to be useful in motivating and enhancing student preparedness for classroom discussions. The reaction papers also helped students study for exams and develop writing skills. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Economics Education
Cousin, Patricia Tefft; Stires, Susan – Insights into Open Education, 1990
There are students whom teachers always seem to remember, primarily because they provide special insight into teaching and learning. These students, most of whom usually have learning difficulties in school, teach important lessons to teachers about determination, survival, and about becoming readers and writers. One such student is Kimberly,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Learning Problems

Shibli, Abdullah – College Teaching, 1992
In college courses in statistics and computer programing, learning can be enhanced when students are required to express formulas and notations in writing. This approach helps improve concept formation, comprehension, problem solving, and ability to draw conclusions and interpretations. Attention to syntax and form is important. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Mathematics, Comprehension, Computer Science