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Apel, Kenn; Werfel, Krystal – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2014
Purpose: Written English is a morphophonemic language. Researchers have documented that a conscious awareness of the morphological structure of English morphology is predictive of students' written language skills and that morphological awareness instruction leads to improvements in morphological awareness and in other written language…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Phonological Awareness, Writing Instruction, Writing Improvement
Horn, Julia – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2013
Lee Shulman's concept of signature pedagogies in the professions has captured the imagination of many researchers and educators. In higher education, the concept has been extended to teaching in particular disciplines, and it is here argued that the concept of signature pedagogy can be usefully extended to an influential teaching system in the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Humanities Instruction, College Students

Drew, Margaret – Ohio Reading Teacher, 2000
Presents a project to develop emergent literacy awareness and increase success with reading and writing through the America Reads program. Suggests the value of early experience and interaction with print in children's reading and writing development. Finds that approaches in which systematic code instruction is included alongside meaning…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
Hunzer, Kathleen M. – 1994
Research assessing the effectiveness of writing tutorial programs should consider how gender contributes to dynamics of the student tutor relationship. In "On Becoming a More Effective Tutor," Lil Brannon catalogues different postures that the writing tutor may adopt: some are more friendly, concerned with the student's self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes

Harris, Muriel – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1988
Explains how peer writing tutors not only help their fellow students, but can also learn a great deal themselves about grammar and mechanics, information processing, marking papers, audience awareness, and problem-solving strategies. (ARH)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Experiential Learning
Stone, James C.; And Others – 1980
Methodology and findings are reported for a study of the materials and instructional components of the Reading and Writing Laboratories at Ohlone College conducted by a team of five external evaluators. The report's first section details: (1) the goals of both labs, as articulated by the college; (2) specific objectives of the study; i.e., to…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Instructional Materials, Program Evaluation, Reading Centers
Holladay, John – 1989
An evaluation is provided of two aspects of Monroe County Community College's (MCCC's) writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) program: a Writing Center and peer tutoring by instructor-nominated Writing Fellows. Introductory remarks in Part 1 highlight the benefits of the college's programs for faculty, Writing Fellows, the college administration, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Peer Teaching, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation

Topping, K. J. – Higher Education, 1996
Different forms of peer tutoring within college and universities are described and compared for effectiveness, including cross-year and same-year small-group, individualized, supplemental, diadic, reciprocal, fixed-role, writing process, and distance tutoring. Three methods are found to be widely used, demonstrated effective, and meriting expanded…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Cross Age Teaching