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Direct linkAhrenhoerster, Greg – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2006
Although writing instructors have a clear picture of how well our students can write by the end of a composition course, very rarely do we learn how well the students carry over the skills and strategies we teach them to the essays they write for other courses. I collected essays from other courses to determine how effectively students transfer…
Descriptors: Essays, Assignments, Writing Processes, English Departments
Download full textPounds, Buzz R. – 2000
A study examined the developmental epistemologies of first-year university students at a comprehensive university, based on the idea that students often come to the university in intellectual transition which may affect their epistemological stances toward writing. The students' comments as reported from a survey fall into seven categories: topic,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Developmental Stages, Epistemology, Freshman Composition
Shaver, James P. – 1986
The Writing-Aid and Author's Helper (WANDAH) computer writing system, funded by the Utah State Office of Education Productivity Program, was used successfully in the Logan High School in the 1984-85 school year. Seven additional project were funded to replicate the Logan project throughout Utah during 1985-86. The main objective of the projects…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Pretests Posttests, Principals
Kelly, Leonard – 1985
Intended to complement two other summaries about writing across the curriculum at Gallaudet College for deaf students, this report describes the first academic year of the college's writing across the curriculum program (WAC), detailing various instructors' projects and their personal opinions about the program, as well as how the students felt…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking
Spitler, Deborah; And Others – 1984
The Fairfax County, Virginia, Schools' Elementary Writing Program (EWP) was evaluated over a two-year period. The first year focused on describing and analyzing program development and implementation. The second year of the evaluation addressed program effectiveness. Three questions comprised the development and implementation phase of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques
Naron, Nancy K. – 1986
Writing to Read (WTR) is a computer-based instructional system designed to develop writing and reading skills. In the fall of 1985, the WTR program was implemented for the first time in some kindergarten and first-grade classes in Fort Worth Independent School District, (Texas) elementary schools. Research was conducted to evaluate: (1) the…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Grade 1
