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Nielsen, Danielle – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
This article addresses the importance of teaching transformative usability and accessibility concepts through the lens of disability studies in general business and professional communication courses. It argues that when students learn to analyze audiences, include diverse users, and foresee accessibility "before" the final draft because…
Descriptors: Usability, Accessibility (for Disabled), Concept Teaching, Business Administration Education
Coman, Carolyn – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Award-winning author Carolyn Coman has made a career out of writing stories for children and young adults as well as teaching writing to people of all ages. She believes that the essence of good writing, no matter the genre, is the ability to craft a solid story. In this innovative book, Carolyn provides advice, strategies, and inspiration…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Teachers, Writing Instruction, Story Telling
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Babcock, Matthew James – Teaching in Higher Education, 2007
This article explores the beneficial and sometimes unpredictable implications of a daily reflective writing exercise for introductory literature courses: the learning log. Pseudonymous samples of student writing, coupled with instructor commentary, gesture toward ways in which the learning log's continual implementation and modification foster a…
Descriptors: Writing Exercises, Reading Strategies, Introductory Courses, Literature
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Cooke, Cheryl L.; Graves, Michael F. – Middle School Journal, 1995
Describes a project in a reading class in which students wrote to communicate with a real audience and in so doing interested themselves and others in reading and writing. Outlines the project's five steps of prewriting, prewriting with partners, writing, revising, and proofreading. Notes the students' overwhelming positive response to the…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Techniques, Middle Schools, Reading
Miles, Curtis – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1982
Explains the microthemes technique, which involves students responding to assignments chosen to emphasize various forms of writing and thinking with written products no larger than 5 x 8 inch note cards. Reviews four types of microthemes used at Montana State University, explaining the activity and the writing and thinking skills developed. (DMM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning Activities
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Lee, Elizabeth Perritt – English Journal, 1997
Discusses uses learning logs for student assessment. Defines learning logs. Discusses structuring the logs; student voices and responses; a map drawing assignment; and using logs for evaluation. (RS)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Techniques, Journal Writing, Secondary Education
Minuth, Christian – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
In one approach to French second-language instruction, students use free writing assignments to express themselves in their newly learned second language. The primary objective is to encourage students to use the language in a nonthreatening context; it also offers the teacher insights into student problems and needs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Error Patterns, Free Writing, French
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Valde, Gregory A. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1997
Describes the college-level use of written reading reactions structured assignments requiring students to describe and react in writing to assigned reading, followed by classroom discussion in which all students must select and share ideas. The method is found to encourage on-time reading of assignments, broader student participation, higher…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Backman, Brian – Exercise Exchange, 1996
Explains how to get middle school through college students to write detailed paragraphs with the QUEEN FRANCIS method--an acronym that stands for "Qu"otes, "E"xamples, "E"xperts, "N"ames, "F"acts, "R"easons, "A"necdotes, "N"umbers, "C"oncrete words,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Middle Schools
Bourdet, Jean-Francois – Francais dans le Monde, 1987
Student teachers at Paris' Alliance Francaise, inspired by three photographs, wrote their own short stories as a writing project. The project was divided into three meetings for the purpose of developing rhythm for writing and providing guidance for the student regarding the form of his or her work. Two of the completed stories are appended. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, French, Photographs, Second Language Instruction
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Moynihan, Mary Minard – Teaching Sociology, 1989
Describes writing exercises that stimulate learning while not burdening the instructor. Discusses simulations in which students are asked to write a diary entry about the daily experiences of a 75-year-old, to formulate a marriage contract, and to write a letter to a friend describing the student's worst job experience. (KO)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Simulation
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Terry, Robert M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1989
In an effort to encourage the integration of writing as a communicative act in the second language classroom, information is presented about the purposes of writing in the second language classroom, types of writing tasks, proficiency levels in writing, writing activities, and writing evaluation. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation
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Scott, Deborah; And Others – Childhood Education, 1992
Communicating about mathematics not only enriches the learning of mathematics but also makes mathematics relevant and meaningful to students. This article describes an instructional sequence for fostering students' journal writing on mathematics. The sequence involves motivation of students, verbal interaction, class and individual writing,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Grade 2, Instructional Innovation
Meitinger, Guy Roger – Francais dans le Monde, 1993
A variety of exercises based on manipulation of a single text are described. The activities involve replacing words or phrases in the text with synonyms or opposites, transposing gender, changing tenses, filling in blanks, and answering multiple-choice questions about linguistic forms. Three brief sample texts are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, French
Franken, Margaret – Guidelines, 1993
Suggestions are offered to help secondary and postsecondary language teachers think more deeply about speaking activities that prepare students for writing. Criteria for evaluating prewriting activities are discussed, along with brainstorming, collaborative concept mapping, and the 4/3/2 technique. (Contains 14 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Classroom Techniques, Concept Mapping, Foreign Countries
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