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Witte, Stephen P.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1983
Details the development of an instrument for reporting teacher and course effectiveness in college composition courses. (HOD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
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Gee, Thomas C. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1972
In an investigation of the effects of praise, negative comment and no comment on expository compositions of eleventh grade students, author hypothesized that praise might increase motivation more than criticism or no comment. He suggests an experiment to test this phypothesis. (NL)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Experiments, Grade 11
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Hilgers, Thomas L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1986
Observations of four students, from their second through fourth grades, as they evaluated compositions revealed, among other findings, that (1) affective responses tend to dominate quality judgments, (2) the number of criteria children used in arriving at quality judgments increased over time, and (3) evaluation criteria are used in both planning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education