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Peer reviewedDietrich, Julia C. – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Presents a method for helping students learn to evaluate data, draw conclusions, and state a most probable hypothesis in writing essays. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Essays, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Sallyanne H. – Exercise Exchange, 1982
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: LEVEL: College. AUTHOR'S COMMENT: When I first began as a college composition instructor, I gave a standard explanation that definition was necessary if students wished to argue logically or to explain an unfamiliar subject. I showed examples of definitions, discussed ones in the text, and then sent…
Descriptors: College English, Definitions, Essays, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKing, Don – Exercise Exchange, 1986
Describes assignments that integrate ideas from student journals into expository and deliberate essays. (HOD)
Descriptors: Assignments, Essays, Expository Writing, Heuristics
Peer reviewedBrownell, Thomas – Exercise Exchange, 1983
Describes the evolution of a final examination for a writing course emphasizing the process approach, student conferences, and revision through successive drafts. Discusses student responses to the new exam format and includes one student's exam essay. (HTH)
Descriptors: Essay Tests, High Schools, Higher Education, Revision (Written Composition)
Peer reviewedWilliams, Jerri Knowlton – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Considers how writing teachers can help students become more inventive writers. Gives different techniques for developing invention skills. Outlines an approach for fostering invention in writing. (HB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Essays, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedKurata, Marilyn – Exercise Exchange, 1983
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: At my university, students are required to take a two course sequence in freshman composition, EH 101 and EH 102. EH 101 covers six basic essay forms utilizing description, narration, process description, classification, comparison/contrast, and argument. Because EH 101 is a basic, required course,…
Descriptors: Essays, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
Peer reviewedDowney, Carol Ann – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Describes a writing activity in which students imagine how a certain land area can become a world-class tourist attraction. Outlines how the assignment is carried out and its impact on the development of descriptive writing skills. Provides student response to the actual activity. (HB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Essays
