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Peer reviewedBahner, Susan – College Teaching, 1995
A whole-class exercise used in college composition classes to demonstrate the writing process is described. The class works together to produce a collaborative paper, in rough draft, in one hour. Steps used to produce it include specification of topic, discussion of purpose and audience, prewriting for ideas, development of thesis and outline,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedFaust, Jennifer L.; Paulson, Donald R. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1998
Presents a catalog of active-learning techniques aimed at fostering student learning in the context of a lecture course. Activities range from listening practices to short writing exercises to complex group exercises. Barriers to implementing active learning, and some solutions, are explored and personal experience with the techniques are…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedHobson, Eric H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
Use of writing exercises as an active learning tool at the later stages of the learning process is discussed, focusing on written self-evaluation as a means for making sense of experience. Examples of the technique in pharmacy management and first-year composition courses are offered. Ways to incorporate the technique into the syllabus are…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Business Administration, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
