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Turewicz, Evelyn – 1983
A study documenting and describing dialogue journal writing in a group of nine tenth graders in an Australian secondary school English class is reported. The overall purpose was to understand the nature of dialogue journal writing and to assess its value as a suitable mode of encouraging writing among secondary students. Specific aspects of…
Descriptors: Diaries, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Hester, Mary – Technical Writing Teacher, 1986
Describes a method for using the press release to introduce basic technical writing principles and increase students' writing confidence. Includes lecture format and writing assignment. (HTH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Course Content, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
Luckner, John L. – ACEHI Journal, 1989
The paper presents a model for teaching written language to hearing impaired students on which curriculum can be based. In addition, activities, techniques, and resources are suggested that can be used when implementing the writing program. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language, Hearing Impairments, Peer Teaching
Starks, Gretchen – 1989
A study was conducted at a rural community college to explore the process by which adult women who had returned to college decided whether to persist or drop out. In-depth interviews were conducted with 17 women who had been identified as exceptional in that they either persisted and graduated even though they had been initially identified as…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Dropouts
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MacGregor, Jean – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
Self-evaluation is unfamiliar to most college students. Teachers can use varied approaches to support students in overcoming unfamiliarity with self-evaluation, lack of confidence in describing learning, writing difficulties, evaluation difficulties, discomfort discussing academic problems, cultural bias against self-evaluation, emotional…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Culture Conflict
Howgate, Lynn – 1982
Acknowledging that the process approach to writing instruction is particularly valuable for lower ability students (because carrying a project through from prewriting to publication enhances their self-esteem), this book presents procedures for teaching writing to build student confidence and subsequently to improve student writing. Following an…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Evaluation