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Kountz, Carol – 2000
When a class of lethargic college students showed no enthusiasm for their reading assignments in English class, one instructor turned to drama. She assigned a collaborative script, and the students' enthusiasm and motivation relegated her to a "pleasant oblivion." She thought that the novelty of the play genre might enliven the class,…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Critical Reading
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Mulvihill, Peggy – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1990
Describes an assignment for a business writing course which helps students learn to focus on the reader in persuasive writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Assignments, Audience Awareness, Business Communication, Cooperative Learning
Johnson, J. Paul – 1992
According to a recent article by Richard Fulkerson, there is some consensus among those who teach writing about what makes writing good. Apparently, a growing number of writing instructors' aims constitute what Fulkerson calls "rhetorical axiology." Rhetorical axiology is a belief system in which teachers value highly "overall…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education
Viti, Lynne Spigelmire – 1995
Writing 125 is a 13-week course that all first-year students at Wellesley College (Massachusetts) are required to take. One instructor teaches a section of it called "Law in Contemporary Society" which centers writing and reading activities around legal issues, namely "Roe v. Wade" and "Webster v. Cruzan." As an…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication