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Lerch, Carol; Bilics, Andrea; Colley, Binta – Online Submission, 2006
The main purpose of this study was to look at how we used specific writing assignments in our courses to encourage metacognitive reflection in order to increase the learning that takes place. The study also aimed to aid in the development of higher order processing skills through the development of student reflection. The students involved in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Methodology, Graduate Students, Writing Assignments
Griffith, Kevin – 1992
An advanced composition curriculum was designed for a class of 20 juniors and seniors, and because of the constraints of a university grant with which it was associated, the majority of assignments had to be collaborative. The subject of investigation was composition. That is, the students were challenged to do what composition researchers and…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Course Descriptions

Sperling, Melanie; Woodlief, Laura – Research in the Teaching of English, 1997
Investigates how classroom communities were created to support students' writing in two contrasting grade-10 English classrooms: one in a low-income urban school with a diverse population, one in a middle-class suburban school. Analyzes class discussions to see how they functioned in creating community. Portrays writing in both classrooms as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Communities