NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Kat O'Meara – Journal of Response to Writing, 2022
Alternative approaches to assessment in education (many of which are linked to inclusive and antiracist pedagogies) are gaining in popularity across the board, from PK--12 to higher education (Esquivel, 2021; St. Amour, 2020). One such antiracist assessment strategy is using labor-based grading contracts (LBGCs), popularized by Inoue (2019; see…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Grading, Alternative Assessment, Racism
Wu, Ruoyi – 1994
A doctoral student's interest in self-culture connections led her to observe an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) writing class focused on autobiography and read all the students' papers. Autobiographical writing not only gives ESL students a chance to write about what matters to them, but the teacher can capitalize on students' cultural…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stewig, John Warren – Journal of Children's Literature, 1997
Examines student responses to four versions of the Noah's Ark tale. Finds that the second- and fourth-grade children were interested in talking about the visuals in picture books. Notes a wide range in the amount of writing children did in response to the art, and that the written products were far less skilled and spirited than the discussion.…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Folk Culture, Grade 2
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Furnborough, Concha; Truman, Mike – Distance Education, 2009
This qualitative study examines perceptions and use of assignment feedback among adult beginner modern foreign language learners on higher education distance learning courses. A survey of responses to feedback on assignments by 43 Open University students on beginner language courses in Spanish, French, and German indicated that respondents can be…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Open Universities, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Enders, Doug – Clearing House, 2001
Considers what high school activities helped prepare students to write papers in college. Discusses how students' responses help teachers to see what students found useful (or not) in their high school preparation. Concludes that students addressed four aspects of their high school writing experience that affected their level of preparation:…
Descriptors: Editing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Revision (Written Composition)
Freedman, Sarah Warshauer – 1994
As part of a larger project, a ninth-grade class participated in a year-long exchange of writing with students in an inner-city London classroom. The larger project involved 10 San Francisco Bay Area sixth- through ninth-grade classes exchanging writing with nine inner-city London classes and a Swedish class. Students and teachers in each of the…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries