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Snyder, Delys Waite; Nielson, Rex P.; Kurzer, Kendon – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Within the growing field of scholarly literature on foreign language (FL) writing pedagogy, few studies have addressed pedagogical questions regarding the teaching of writing to advanced language learners. Writing fellows peer tutoring programs, although typically associated with first language writing instruction, likely can benefit and support…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Portuguese, Literature, Writing Strategies
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Maloy, Robert W.; Edwards, Sharon A.; Evans, Allison – Journal of Educators Online, 2014
This paper describes utilizing wiki technology, small group workshops, and reflective writing assignments to "flip" a community engagement/service-learning course for college undergraduates who are tutoring culturally and linguistically diverse students in K-12 schools. Flipped classrooms are gaining popularity in the teaching of…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Workshops, Educational Strategies, Service Learning
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Kolb, Patricia – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2013
This article describes the goals and methods of the international Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) movement in higher education, and WAC-enriched learning approaches that the author used in teaching a social work gerontology practice course and a sociological theories of aging course. The author's in-class, low-stakes, nongraded writing…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Teaching Methods, Social Work, Writing Across the Curriculum
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Johnson, Frances; Garza, Susan; Ballmer, Noelle – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2009
Not too many years ago, right about the start of the new millennium, the TAMU-CC Writing Center began to pull away from the model of a center that focuses mostly on individual consultations and began to build a greater sense of the place of the Writing Center in the larger university Writing Community. In this article, we share how we have built…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Theory Practice Relationship, Communities of Practice, Learning Resources Centers
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Chesney, Sarah; Marcangelo, Caroline – Computers & Education, 2010
This small scale action research study investigated the experiences of learners over two iterations as they completed a patchwork text assignment within the digital medium of a personal learning system (PLS). The aim was to investigate the extent to which using a PLS can facilitate formative and collaborative feedback to assist student learning. A…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Action Research, Focus Groups, Cooperative Learning