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Assad, Mary K. – CEA Forum, 2017
In this article, the author discusses a graphic narrative or comic book writing assignment in greater detail to demonstrate the pedagogical benefits of teaching comics in the writing classroom. She argues that by assigning students a comic book project, writing instructors can promote competence in academic discourse by helping students learn and…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Picture Books, Assignments, College Students
Clarke, Egerton; Hornyak, Christine – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2012
The ever increasing enrollment of later-life students in institutions of higher learning warrants innovative teaching strategies to promote successful learning outcomes. This article discusses the academic challenges that instructors face and argues in support of an important assessment method, that is, portfolio writing. This novel strategy was…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Teaching Methods, Portfolios (Background Materials), Writing Assignments
Vetter, Matthew A. – Composition Studies, 2014
Research across disciplines in recent years has demonstrated a number of gains involved in community engagement and service-learning pedagogies. More recently, these pedagogies are being filtered into digital contexts as instructors begin to realize the opportunities made available by online writing venues. This presentation describes a specific…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Academic Libraries, Computer Uses in Education, Encyclopedias
Literacy and Math Strategies That Prepare Students for College and Career. Best Practices Newsletter
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) incorporates challenging literacy standards into middle grades and high school content areas within a variety of academic disciplines, not just English/language arts courses. The Mathematics Design Collaborative (MDC) provides schools with instructional tools needed to help teachers understand and implement…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Literacy, Mathematics Education, Educational Strategies
Beckelhimer, Lisa; Hundemer, Ronald; Sharp, Judith; Zipfel, William – CEA Forum, 2007
For several years a number of instructors at the University of Cincinnati have experimented with the concept of problem-based learning (PBL) in their composition courses. The concept, rooted as it is in Socratic method and the hands-on problem-solving advocated by John Dewey, is not new, and though some of its applications may call for adjustments…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Problem Based Learning
Barnes, Sharon L. – NADE Digest, 2006
Using popular culture in my developmental writing course has prompted me to reconsider what it means to create successful developmental writing assignments. Having slipped into the questionable habit of assuming that removing complexity makes an assignment appropriate for developing writers, I pared down a fairly open-ended "media…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Developmental Studies Programs, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)