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Turk, Leonard – Technical Writing Teacher, 1982
Discusses methods to lend more realism to the technical writing classroom: (1) role playing, in which a report is written for someone other than the teacher; (2) presenting proposals orally at a party; (3) presenting a problem for students to solve through research; and (4) creating an advertising poster on a topic students know little about to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Teaching Methods

Faust, 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
Randolph, Linda; Robertson, Karen – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Discusses beginning writing activities that teachers can use with young children. Notes that preschoolers use writing systems that include drawings, scribblings, letterlike forms, words, and invented spelling. Suggests that teachers can use functional writing projects, such as greeting cards, lists, journals, address books, and pen pals, to…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education

Doyle, Walter; Carter, Kathy – Curriculum Inquiry, 1984
To explore the structure of academic work in classrooms, a case analysis was conducted of the academic tasks accomplished in three English classes taught by the same teacher. The authors conclude that the study contributes to the development of a language with which to describe curriculum dimensions of the teaching process. (MJL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Brauer, David – Composition Studies, 2006
This article discusses a theoretical aspect of composition studies concerning the development of "an irenic multicultural composition classroom." The author notes that such a classroom environment, where all parties learn how to get along and perhaps learn to "agree to disagree," has been a long-time goal of composition studies theorists. However,…
Descriptors: Writing Exercises, Classroom Environment, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Martin, Anne – 1981
Methods of eliciting writing from children are explored in this monograph, which includes samples of nine- and ten-year-old students' writing. The monograph offers four recommendations for improving writing skills: make writing a daily activity; take children's writing seriously; maintain flexible standards of form and language; and identify group…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Grade 4

Weisberg, Mark – Change, 1999
The teacher of a law-school course in Legal Imagination discusses the evolution of his personal approach in the classroom, which is designed to discern the gifts of each student rather than to simply identify the gifted. Three crucial elements are explored: use and treatment of writing assignments; the use of silence in the classroom environment;…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Tway, Eileen – 1984
Intended to help elementary school language arts teachers provide students with opportunities for unprescribed writing according to a natural writing process, this booklet discusses research and practice in the writing process and creating a supportive classroom environment. The first part of the booklet examines theory and research on the stages…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Writing
Martin, Anne – 1983
Based on the idea that a healthier, saner and more creative classroom is possible, this book presents an extended case study of the behavior of two fourth grade girls, focusing on their writing. The book argues that the data gathered from observing students can lead to changes in the classroom and improved teaching practices by providing teachers…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. – 1984
This introductory manual offers an overview of the Hawaii English Program in Literature for elementary students--a program designed to help children enjoy and understand literature through active exploration of a variety of stories and poems from contemporary works as well as from the classics. Part I, "Preparing to Teach the Program",…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Creative Dramatics
Nigohosian, Elsie T. – 1992
A study investigated how the core experiences of a whole language kindergarten influenced four Korean immigrant children to acquire English language and literacy. Core experiences examined include reading aloud and response, shared reading and writing, independent reading and writing, and inquiry activities. Information gathered for the case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Scottish Curriculum Development Service, Edinburgh. – 1986
Having implications for teachers and students at all stages of primary school, this project report delineates an alternative and more effective approach to the teaching of beginning writing. The report points out that the project, while producing a body of classroom-tested material, focused on awareness about written language and how children…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Dresser, Norine – 1993
The textbook for students of intermediate English as a Second Language (ESL) is based on cross-cultural communication misunderstandings described in essays written by university students. It consists of 20 instructional units, each beginning with a real student's dilemma caused by cultural differences and each dealing with one particular custom.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Aging (Individuals), Body Language, Class Activities