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Kort, Melissa Sue – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1991
Although classroom assessment techniques resemble common writing exercises, they offer college composition instructors insight into effective instruction. Their use can also lead to classroom research projects and further faculty development. An example of such an exercise is to have students write a one-minute paper on classroom instruction in…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

College Composition and Communication, 1981
Offers three techniques for helping students learn to revise entire pieces, discover how words work in context, and eliminate errors. (RL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College English

Waluconis, Carl J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
Faculty ask undergraduate students to write self-evaluations in varied settings and contexts, from reflections on a brief learning experience to descriptions of learning over a course, courses, or an entire college experience. Feedback and degree of structure of the writing assignment are important considerations. (MSE)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Evaluation Methods
Beyond Portfolios: A Practical Look at Student Projects as Teaching and Evaluation Devices (Part 2).

Tillyer, Anthea; Sokolik, Maggi – College ESL, 1993
Steps required for developing a successful project class are described, beginning with an examination of how to use student writing projects with lower proficiency learners. A discussion of how projects can best be used as teaching and evaluation instruments in higher level classes is followed by examples of specific projects and styles. (Contains…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Fidalgo, Reyes I. – 1996
Use of a directed creative writing exercise to assess intermediate language students' skills is discussed. The technique was developed for second-year college Spanish instruction as an alternative to conventional writing tests in which anxiety or lack of motivation may inhibit performance. Differences in the nature of language skills (listening,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Class Activities, Classroom Communication

Kluge, David, Ed.; McGuire, Steve, Ed.; Johnson, David, Ed. – 1999
This volume is a collection of papers focused on a single theme, cooperative learning, written by classroom teachers of varying experience levels. This book introduces cooperative learning and gives examples of cooperative learning activities, units, and systems created by teachers in Japan, The United States, and Canada, who are currently using…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education