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Aaron Trocki – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
Student multimodal writing has gained attention in the teaching and learning of mathematics with the anticipation that these assignments will benefit student engagement and learning in a variety of ways. This study investigates students' perceptions of learning in a post-secondary calculus course, which contained four multimodal writing…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Teaching Methods
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Schwehm, Jeremy; Saxton, Jennifer; Stuckey, Annette – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2017
For adult learners in online courses, writing is the predominant means by which all interaction takes place. As those participating in online education rely heavily on engagement with content, peers, and instructors, special attention should be given to include various activities that promote written communication to foster a positive and engaging…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Adult Students, Writing (Composition), Learner Engagement
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Lopes, António – Research-publishing.net, 2013
The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) at the Brigham Young University website has been used in the English as a Foreign language (EFL) classroom to help learners better understand how language works at different levels of analysis and also to develop their writing skills. However, it also allows learners to explore culture-related…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness
Karbach, Joan B. – 1998
One of the first papers that Freshman Composition instructors still teach is the expressive or personal experience essay. Native English Speaking (NES) instructors who teach expressive writing believe that students looking back on their past selves gain new perspectives or reach new understanding of themselves or their world. This discovery often…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Essays, Foreign Students
Beeghly, Dena G.; Reese, Susan Jacques – 1996
Academic Development Program students face a special challenge. Within a few short weeks, they must hone their reading, writing, and speaking skills while scrambling to adjust to life in college. Usually, pre-freshmen enrolled in the Academic Development Program are not familiar with the demands of academic reading, writing, and oral response. For…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, College Preparation, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education
Garside, Colleen – 1996
This paper explores various pedagogical perspectives regarding the use of electronic mail in the classroom as a supplemental and alternative teaching and learning strategy. The paper suggests keeping an electronic journal as a form of writing to clarify and reinforce concepts discussed in class. A brief summary of strategies and assignments are…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment, Electronic Mail
Dale, Helen – 1997
A study examined the effects of coauthoring, also referred to as collaborative writing, on student learning. Subjects were 24 students in a ninth-grade English class. Data were collected over the first 9-week quarter of the year. Eight collaborative writing triads were formed with a primary criteria in establishing heterogeneous groups in gender,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning
Wu, Hui – 1997
Just as the spoken word, virtual discourse in the listserv-assisted composition class unites the writer and the audience into a group. On-line writing takes the form of dialogue, and the reading of the on-line text does not shatter the audience but gathers them into collectivity. Since writing on the listserv is less rule-governed, students are…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Higher Education
Patterson, Sheila M.; Vitello, Elaine M. – 1994
The health education profession involves content areas which provide a plethora of opportunities for discussing ethics and ethical reasoning. This presentation advocates ethics instruction as an important component of professional preparation programs for health educators. The main goal of ethics instruction is to assist students in developing…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Decision Making Skills