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Direct linkSommers, Jeff – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2011
In her recent "Teaching English in the Two-Year College" ("TETYC") article, Denise Marchionda argues for a grading system in her first-year writing course that turns over responsibility to students for earning grades. The approach, which she calls "the point-by-point grading system," is a variation on a contract grading approach in which each…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Freshman Composition, Grading, English Instruction
Peer reviewedPeckham, Linda R.; And Others – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1991
Offers teaching tips on thematic writing assignments, student resubmission of papers, sharing memorable sentences from students' writings, and nontraditional grading policies in writing classes. (RDS)
Descriptors: Grading, Group Activities, Group Discussion, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMatthews, Michael – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2001
Offers an interview with Robert Wylie, a distinguished two-year college English teacher for almost 50 years. Discusses how important it is for an English teacher to write, important issues in the profession, his views on the best ways to help students improve as writers, his observations about writing assignments, liking students, teaching…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational History, Educational Principles, English Instruction
