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Peer reviewedHarris, Jimmy Carl – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
Describes a dissertation model used in teaching a critical-thinking course for developmental freshmen. Students learned how to create knowledge by linking the five-chapter model with the elements and standards of critical thinking, and by writing and defending their own 10-page dissertations. Discusses course strengths and weaknesses. Contains 13…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Developmental Studies Programs, Doctoral Dissertations
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Sallyanne H. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1986
Reviews studies on the whole-language approach of pairing reading and writing courses to enhance the learning in both. Describes a study of 154 students enrolled in basic writing. Results suggest that simultaneous enrollment in a reading class will not significantly influence ability to pass basic writing. (PAA)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Reading Writing Relationship
Download full textDavis, Wesley K. – 1996
A study examined the growth in basic writing and grammar skills of 14 developmental English students. The study determined whether a traditional rule-based, form-centered mode of instruction, combined with a limited writing-process approach, had any significant impact on overall writing quality and grammar skills. It used a quantitative,…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction
Milligan, Janice – 1980
Following a literature review on the subjects of the decline in student writing abilities and increased student writing apprehension, this paper offers teachers information on a basic writing program that reduces writing anxiety and improves writing skills through large doses of positive reinforcement. The second section of the paper discusses the…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Course Organization, Developmental Studies Programs
Lederman, Marie Jean – 1986
Two main points should be noted concerning strategies recommended for teaching basic writing students. First, teachers can develop only those strategies that are consonant with their own personalities and that will enable students to develop their own writing strategies. Second, whatever strategies are selected should lead students beyond the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedWalker, Cynthia L. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1997
Presents results from a study of eight college freshman to determine differences between revising essays on-screen and on-paper. Eighty-one percent of on-screen changes were above the mechanical or word level, often related to meaning and content. Students working on-screen tended to add more information and recreate paragraphs, but sometimes…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
