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Craven, Gerald A. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1977
Presents an exercise which teaches students a systematized procedure for evaluating their own term papers in order to improve and rewrite them. (MB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education

Kort, Melissa Sue – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1991
Although classroom assessment techniques resemble common writing exercises, they offer college composition instructors insight into effective instruction. Their use can also lead to classroom research projects and further faculty development. An example of such an exercise is to have students write a one-minute paper on classroom instruction in…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Meade, Martin J. – 1983
It is possible to use writing assignments in college psychology courses as a means of teaching subject matter and writing without substantially increasing instructor workload. There are two sets of strategies for dealing with the problem of limited time and energy, one pertaining to the writing assignment itself, the other to evaluating such…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Psychology
Spigelmire, Lynne – 1979
Exploratory problem solving that utilizes self-educating techniques such as the evaluation of feedback to improve performance can be put to use in the composition classroom. Quantitatively evaluated prewriting exercises can help students in two ways: first, students learn to use procedures that can prepare them for more sophisticated devices;…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition

Brooker, Ross; Smith, David – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A study within one Australian college of education investigated the appropriateness of literature-based essays to test learning and attitudes of students and faculty toward the assessment method. It is concluded that a number of faculty had shortcomings in theoretical knowledge of assessment, and that use of these essays frequently failed to meet…
Descriptors: Essays, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Culbertson, Hugh; Scott, Byron T. – 1978
Two exercises that can be used with journalism students to help them clarify and think through the editorial process are the repertory grid and the coorientation model. A technique developed in England by the followers of psychologist George Kelly, the repertory grid asks students to rank ten or twelve authors on criteria such as social…
Descriptors: Audiences, Communication (Thought Transfer), Editing, Educational Games
Keech, Catharine; Thomas, Susan – 1979
Prepared as part of the evaluation of the Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP), this report offers descriptions of promising practices in composition instruction. It explains the selection criteria and classification scheme used and describes practices in the following four categories: (1) structuring of writing programs, (2) teaching the elements of…
Descriptors: Assignments, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

College Composition and Communication, 1981
Offers three techniques for helping students learn to revise entire pieces, discover how words work in context, and eliminate errors. (RL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College English
Brown, Earl B., Jr.; Brown, Margaret C. – 1983
Writing samples as diagnostic measurement tools have many variables that the instructor must control--time is a factor, and often the instructor needs more than one sample to fairly evaluate student writing ability. One method for better predicting the exact nature of students' writing problems is sentence combining. For sentence combining to be…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Essay Tests
Atlas, Marshall – 1979
Skilled and unskilled writers were given detailed information about an urban planning project and then read a letter from an influential, interested, and potentially hostile writer requesting information about the project. Each writer was next asked to generate all the ideas needed to answer the letter, organize a framework for the letter from a…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Language Usage
Sledd, Laurey – Technical Writing Teacher, 1984
Recommends student performance be evaluated by professional standards of excellence as preparation for survival at a professional level on the job. Emphasizes that all tasks given to students be as close as possible to those they would be asked to do at work. (EL)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Job Skills

Waluconis, Carl J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
Faculty ask undergraduate students to write self-evaluations in varied settings and contexts, from reflections on a brief learning experience to descriptions of learning over a course, courses, or an entire college experience. Feedback and degree of structure of the writing assignment are important considerations. (MSE)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Evaluation Methods
Whitis, Judith A. – 1987
To determine whether Olivet Nazarene University's standard freshman writing course requirements measure favorably with those of the majority of the 75 Christian College Coalition (CCC) members, a study compared the textbooks, papers, activities, and evaluation procedures required by each institution. Stephen Witte's "National Survey of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Educational Trends
O'Donnell, Cathy – 1980
This analysis of peer editing techniques briefly discusses the following: (1) the advantages of peer group editing, such as the availability of a wider audience and writing models; (2) the potential disadvantages of grouping unskilled or uncommitted students; (3) forming groups; (4) using sentence combining exercises to facilitate trustbuilding;…
Descriptors: Editing, Evaluation Methods, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Higher Education

Gillis, Philip D. – Computers and the Humanities, 1987
Reports on a research study to determine if computer-aided instruction could help stimulate prewriting composition. Compares three methods of prewriting instruction and argues that a systematic procedure may be taught as a means of improving writing production. Contends computer usage can enhance this procedure. (RKM)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
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