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LANG, GERHARD; TOHTZ, JACK E. – 1963
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMED PRESENTATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WAS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS. EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS CONSISTED OF 273 FRESHMAN STUDENTS WHO WERE RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED IN 12 ENGLISH SECTIONS. THEY ATTENDED REGULAR CLASSES BUT RECEIVED DIFFERENT OUT-OF-CLASS TREATMENTS. ALL SUBJECTS WERE TESTED DURING…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English Instruction
Download full textEducation Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1972
This is the third National Assessment report on the writing of children aged 9, 13, and 17, and young adults. The three exercises used in the writing assessment were: Age 9: The Forest Fire Exercise; Age 13: The Famous Person Exercise; and Age 17: The Famous Person Exercise. An exercise for young adults (Adults: The Commissioner Stroud Letter)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Comparative Analysis, Creative Writing
Brigman, S. Leellen; Leiter, Virginia G. – 1979
The quantity and type of writing demands in the undergraduate curriculum, as reported by students enrolled at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University in fall semester of 1977, are investigated. The study is based on reports of students enrolled in 27 class sections of two freshman English courses, Elementary Composition I and Introduction to…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, College Students
Bergdahl, David, Ed. – FOCUS: Teaching English Language Arts, 1983
The 28 essays in this journal issue focus on methodology, interpretation, and classroom application of research in the language arts. Following a preface on the role of research in English instruction, the topics discussed include the following: (1) a research base for a large-scale evaluation of writing; (2) implications of teaching writing as…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
