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Spinner, Bettye T. – 1986
Intended to provide teachers of poetry with both inspiration and teaching advice, this paper explains how one teacher developed a method for teaching poetry successfully in high school. The first part of the paper consists of an autobiographical fragment describing how the teacher used free time to begin seriously writing poetry, as well as how…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, High Schools, Literature, Poetry
Download full textStevenson, Zollie, Jr.; Kosmidis, Mary – 1987
To assist in the process of improving writing instruction, a study assessed the status of writing in the District of Columbia Public Schools. The study consisted of four components: a teacher survey; a student survey; principal interviews; and a curriculum assessment. The teacher survey was administered to 897 teachers in 34 schools and the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems, Educational Assessment
Cosgrove, Cornelius – 1986
Noting that two-year college students view writing instruction with suspicion because they do not perceive a tangible link between developing writing skills and their post-graduate activities, a survey was conducted to distinguish between the functions and forms of graduates' writing and to explore writing performed in contexts other than work.…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Warren, Thomas, Ed. – 1979
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation of present and future technical communicators. The 11 articles discuss the following topics: (1)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Education Work Relationship
Courage, Richard – 1984
Both the literature on adult learning and the literature on the composing process focus on students and their behaviors rather than on teachers and their methods or on curricular content and structure. The most productive teaching of nontraditional students and the most useful educational research about them begins with the students themselves,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Tibbetts, Charlene; And Others – 1986
Evaluating the longitudinal effects of a 5-year secondary school composition curriculum, a study investigated students' perceptions of their ability to use essay-level and syntax-level skills. Student questionnaires provided perception, definition, and usefulness data about the curriculum. Results showed that 3 years elapsed before students became…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Instructional Effectiveness
