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Tixier, Linda – 1977
As a solution to the problems presented by approaches to teaching English composition that are almost purely cognitive in nature, an experimental course was offered for freshmen at the Miami-Dade Community College. The course was designed to be holistic and confluent, synthesizing both the cognitive and affective domains by incorporating Gestalt…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Two Year Colleges
Baker, William Henry – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a letter-evaluation method would be as effective as the traditional letter-writing method when applied in a college level business correspondence class. One hundred twenty-nine Brigham Young University students were divided into two experimental and two control groups, and categorized according to…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Business English, College Students, Doctoral Dissertations
Christensen, Gary Nelson – 1975
This evaluation of a theme-every-day writing experience concludes that such a project has some values which reward the time a class spends preparing, reading, and giving feedback. Chapter one describes the teaching method and several features of the community college in which the theme-every-day approach to teaching composition was used. Chapter…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Programs, Educational Research, English Instruction
Richards, Patricia A. – 1995
Research suggests that the informal language of journals is very important. Language scholars such as J. Vygotsky (1962), J. Moffell (1968, 1982), P. Elbow (1973, 1982), and M. Shaughnessy (1977) believe that human beings find meaning through exploration in their own talking language. To add to the evidence in this area, a study conducted in an…
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Free Writing, Grade 3, Journal Writing
McCue, Frances – 1997
This master's project contains two essays and a long poem, examining the possibilities of creative writing as a tool of inquiry in mathematics, history, science, film, art, and architecture. The project's first essay, "The Poet in the Warehouse," introduces a brief history of imaginative writing and an argument for its inclusion in…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Fiction, Films, High Schools
Belasco, Jack Thomas – 1973
This study partially replicated Moss's "A Study of the Effect of Selected Methods of Instruction Designed to Increase Originality in Written Expression," except for the fact that this investigator taught a 5th grade and an 11th grade class for most of a school year. Some of the conclusions of the study were: no particular teaching technique was…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Creativity, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests
Fisher, Kenneth David – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine if syntactic maturity, as measured by T-unit length, clause length, and clauses per T-unit, and if the level of reading comprehension, as measured by cloze tests and a standardized reading test, of one group each of selected fifth, seventh, and ninth graders could be influenced by the students completing…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Grade 5, Grade 7
Skellings, Louise Noah – 1976
In order to determine whether an alternative teaching strategy would improve student motivation in freshman composition, two sections of freshman composition were studied. The experimental group spent the majority of a term concentrating on individualized projects which were chosen, planned, carried out, and presented by each student. Students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Classroom Research, College Freshmen