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Direct linkPlachta, Susan M.; Morris, Kevin – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2009
In this article, the authors discuss what works for them in their first-year composition classes. In order to promote critical thinking and goal setting within her developmental writing and first-year composition classes, Susan Plachta begins their first class session by completing the standard introductions and syllabus discussions and finishes…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Basic Writing, Goal Orientation, Writing Instruction
Thomas, Katherine M.; Austin, Marlisa – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2005
As students enter college, English composition instructors complain that students lack essential grammar basics to create clear, coherent pieces of writing. The number of students requiring developmental coursework at institutions has increased significantly since the institution of mandatory placement in 2000. In the face of the challenge to…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, College Students
