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Making the Leap: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Composition for Students in Technical Fields.
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Morgan, Marilyn R. P. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1997
Discusses how to teach a first-year composition course, expository writing, required of most students at Rensselaer Polytechnic. Considers how to motivate students and help them to see connections between writing and their technical work. Offers various techniques for getting the students to write comfortably. (PA)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
First Person Singular, First Person Plural, and Exposition.
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Brick, Allan – College English, 1981
Argues in favor of teaching thesis and the forms of exposition by means of assignments such as personal narrative, autobiography, and observation out of direct experience. Describes one such assignment. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Teaching Multicultural Awareness and Understanding Through the Language Arts--Creative Writing. Suggested Topics for Creative and Expository Writing Based on the Roots of Bahamian Culture, "The Land of the Pink Pearl," for Use with Bahamian Children and Others Who Are Interested in Understanding Their Culture.
Sullivan, Zola Jiles – 1980
Intended to help teachers in developing language arts curriculum materials for use with the children of recent Bahamian immigrants to the United States, this paper contains approximately 500 topics for creative and expository writing based on the roots of Bahamian culture. The topics are arranged into areas of interest, including Bahamian pride,…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Cultural Awareness
Math Professors Turn to Writing to Help Students Master Concepts of Calculus and Combinatorics.
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
A growing number of mathematics professors are asking their students to keep journals, write papers, and answer essay questions on tests, arguing that students learn mathematical concepts better by articulating them. This is part of a trend toward teaching mathematics for understanding rather than by rote. (MSE)
Descriptors: Assignments, Calculators, Calculus, Classroom Techniques
Teaching the Gifted: Writing as Learning.
Lipscomb, Delores – 1980
The writing assignments developed for a course in expository writing intended for gifted eighth grade students are described in this paper. The first assignment described is a causal analysis essay that required the students to examine events from their lives or from newspaper articles and analyze the causes of the actions involved. The paper…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Educational Innovation
Teaching Multicultural Awareness and Understanding through the Language Arts--Creative Writing: Suggested Topics for Creative and Expository Writing Based on the Roots of the Cuban Culture for Use with Cuban Children and Others Who are Interested in Understanding Their Culture.
Sullivan, Zola Jiles – 1980
Intended to help teachers in developing language arts curriculum materials for use with recent Cuban refugees to the United States, this paper contains 300 topics for creative and expository writing based on the roots of the Cuban culture. The topics cover a variety of subjects, including food preparation, memories of Cuba, experiences in a new…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Cubans