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Wood, Suzanne – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2020
In the later years of undergraduate study, students read, process, and evaluate primary literature within specific fields of study. Shifting from textbooks to the vast amounts of peer-reviewed current literature can be difficult for students. This article details an innovative approach to helping students successfully make this transition through…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction, Critical Thinking
Willett, Terrence – RP Group, 2017
In order to improve the accuracy of students' placement into California Community College English as Second Language (ESL) courses and move them more efficiently toward completion, the statewide Common Assessment Initiative (CAI) is developing placement processes for student assessment in credit ESL that contain a multiple measures component. As…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Student Placement, English Language Learners
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Bowman, Ingrid K.; Robertson, John – CATESOL Journal, 2013
Mastering techniques of self- and peer revision is a valuable tool for all writers, especially US-educated Generation 1.5 students, whose near fluency enables them to dialogue successfully about their writing. Using action research, 2 academic writing instructors systematically trained students to more responsibly and effectively revise their…
Descriptors: Revision (Written Composition), Writing Instruction, Peer Evaluation, Essays
Criswell, Eleanor L.; Swezey, Robert W. – Educational Technology, 1984
Describes the general principles of a nonexperimental learning theory-based courseware evaluation which calls attention to instructional sequences in the courseware to determine if the sequence is programed around learning principles. The results of using this type of evaluation for two computerized training devices are summarized. (MBR)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Courseware, Definitions, Evaluation Criteria