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Ruane, Sinéad G.; Chappell, Stacie – Management Teaching Review, 2018
Although written communication is a foundational skill, especially for careers in management, faculty can be reluctant to utilize writing assignments for a number of reasons including the subjective nature of and time involved in grading. In this article, we present the IDEAL framework--an andragogical tool developed in an effort to address these…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Skill Development, Management Development, Guidelines
Gözpinar, Halis – Online Submission, 2014
The research is expected to contribute to the study of proverbs in foreign language acquisition to develop intercultural competence and fill in the gap in foreign language teacher education. The research investigates what attitudes English teachers in Turkey and Georgia have towards the teaching of proverbs in foreign language classrooms and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Languages
Daraviras, Tracy – NADE Digest, 2012
When evaluating the effectiveness of their program, members of the Brooklyn College SEEK Department, a higher education opportunity program, decided to make their pedagogy more student-centered. They created a method of reading instruction, which they named critical inquiry. Its goals are to build community through teaching students to annotate,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Preparation, Inquiry, Program Effectiveness

Bunch, Susan; And Others – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1992
Describes successful teaching tips for writing instruction from six teachers. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education, Writing Assignments

Garay, Mary Sue – Business Communication Quarterly, 2000
Describes an assignment on writing instructions for the author's introductory sophomore-level business communication classes: a one-day instruction-writing activity that requires students to teach themselves. Describes the preparation and rationale for this activity, and includes the memo that directs students as they teach themselves during the…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Class Activities, Higher Education, Introductory Courses

Wilcox, Thomas W. – Exercise Exchange, 1998
Offers a writing exercise intended for college English classes, which offers a hypothetical case to be considered (along with directions for papers and additional leads) that prompts students to consider ceremonial uses of language (such as the "Pledge of Allegiance") and various issues related to it. (SR)
Descriptors: Ceremonies, Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education

Rice, H. William – Business Communication Quarterly, 1995
Describes a writing assignment in a business communication class in which students, in previously designated study groups, discover for themselves the complex interaction between a writer and an audience by becoming the president, vice president, and manager of operations of a company, and solve a problem that they can handle only through memos.…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Business Communication, Class Activities, Higher Education

Vesper, Joan F.; Vesper, Karl H. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1993
Describes what business plans are and how educators can use them in class for a team writing assignment. (RS)
Descriptors: Business Education, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education

Jordan, Edwina K. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1993
Describes adding lessons on stress management to the business communications classroom. (RS)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Class Activities, Higher Education, Stress Management

Allen, Nancy – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1993
Offers suggestions on ways to include electronic mail skills in college classes, focusing on wide-area networks not on networks within a classroom. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Higher Education

Thomas, Jane – Business Communication Quarterly, 1998
Presents a case study for use in business communication classes to help students understand and learn both the context and the strategies for communication with business and management. Deals with a situation in which an executive wants to close down the company's fitness center but is open to arguments by one of its avid users. Includes two…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Class Activities, Higher Education

Beidler, Peter G. – Exercise Exchange, 2000
Describes three assignments the author uses when teaching Chaucer (suitable for college or college prep high school classes) in which students learn what iambic pentameter is by writing two rhyming couplets, a ten-line conversation in rhyming couplets, and a creative project of at least 25 rhyming couplets, all in iambic pentameter. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Kearns, Nancy J. – Indiana English, 1994
Describes Ken Macrorie's I-Search paper system as an alternative to the traditional research paper. Explains the process of creating an I-Search paper step by step. Emphasizes the importance of the editing process. Concludes with a list of steps to become a writer, and the importance of acknowledging that an I-Search paper is a team effort. (PA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Research Papers (Students), Research Skills

Booth, Rosemary – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1994
Describes a project assignment for a business communication course that is the central organizing principle for the course and addresses researching, interviewing, writing and reporting topics, and the inevitable question of why this course is required. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Class Activities, Higher Education, Interviews

Gelinas, Mary – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1992
Describes two assignments conducted during the first few days of class that introduces students to the concept of format, provides a writing sample from each student, and furthers the process of students getting to know each other and the teacher. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Class Activities, Higher Education, Teacher Student Relationship