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Peer reviewedBannister, Linda; Child, Robert – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Discusses current research on behavior in organizations as it relates to building group cohesiveness in a writing lab staff and describes the operation of the writing lab at the University of Central Arkansas. (AEA)
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Teacher Characteristics
Peer reviewedGrattan, Mary C.; Robbins, Susan P. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Urges the use of writing models in content area instruction to demonstrate to students exactly what they are asked to produce and suggests that content area faculty join forces with English faculty in the teaching of composition. (AEA)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Models
Peer reviewedHarris, Muriel – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Describes several diagnostic tools used to determine specific problems of students referred to a writing lab, including structured interviews, protocols (asking a student to compose aloud for 15 to 20 minutes on a short topic), and back-pedaling (questioning what a student already knows about a given topic). (AEA)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories
Peer reviewedDuke, Charles R. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1980
Advocates individualizing remedial writing courses at the college level and describes three programs that emphasize individual placement, focus on student writing rather than on workbook materials, and offer peer tutoring. (MKM)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions
