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Etherington, Thomas R. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2016
Computer programming is not commonly taught to geographers as a part of geographic information system (GIS) courses, but the advent of NeoGeography, big data and open GIS means that programming skills are becoming more important. To encourage the teaching of programming to geographers, this paper outlines a course based around a series of…
Descriptors: Programming, Geographic Information Systems, Geography Instruction, Introductory Courses
Korzaan, Melinda; Lawrence, Cameron – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
This lab exercise exposes students to Evernote, which is a powerful productivity application that has gained significant purchase in professional work environments. In many academic settings the introductory computer applications course has a specific focus on standard productivity applications such as MS Word and MS Excel. While ensuring fluency…
Descriptors: Productivity, Computer Oriented Programs, Introductory Courses, Computer Science Education
Nelson, Angela; Schmidt, Jamie; Verbais, Chad – NADE Digest, 2006
Incorporating creative play in the writing lab or classroom is a unique way to pique students' interest and boost their imagination. Exercises varying from describing Hershey's Kisses®, to using tape recorders for discussing voice, to using magnetic poetry to practice grammar are all ways that stimulate learning through the lens of play. Play…
Descriptors: Imagination, Creativity, Play, Writing Instruction
Sutton, Doris G. – 1975
In assessing the evaluation of student compositions, it is evident that even when objectives for freshman composition are established, there is little agreement or consistency among faculty regarding the transfer of these objectives into operational terms. A study conducted at Eastern Kentucky University compared the long term effects of two…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, English, Higher Education

Beck, Paula – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1976
Describes a peer method of teaching writing at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York. (RB)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions

Grattan, Mary C.; Robbins, Susan P. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Urges the use of writing models in content area instruction to demonstrate to students exactly what they are asked to produce and suggests that content area faculty join forces with English faculty in the teaching of composition. (AEA)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Models
Steward, Joyce S.; Croft, Mary K. – 1982
The four chapters of this book move from the history, philosophy, and approaches that writing laboratories encompass to a look at the many facets of their organization before treating in detail the actual teaching process and the practical elements of writing laboratory management. Chapter one notes the growth of writing labs and discusses…
Descriptors: Administration, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Organization
Bean, Thomas W. – 1979
University and college reading improvement teachers need a repertoire of techniques designed to guide carefully students' growth in developing independent comprehension strategies. Such strategies should avoid use of prepackaged commercial kits and collections of articles (content-simulated materials) and should stress the application by students…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Reading Comprehension

Epes, Mary; And Others – Journal of Basic Writing, 1979
Describes the components of the writing course at York College of the City University of New York, focusing particularly on the writing laboratory with its self-instructional methods and its 13 modules on grammatical features. (RL)
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Expository Writing, Grammar, Higher Education
Tomlinson, Barbara – 1975
In order to establish the effects of three different levels of writing lab use on the writing proficiency and attitudes of remedial freshman composition students, three instructional modes were used. Writing lab students spent two hours a week in small group discussions and four hours in the lab, using autotutorial materials. Classroom lecture…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction

Katz, Molly – Change, 1976
An approach to the teaching of composition undertaken by the University of South Carolina writing laboratory is described in which the objective is to educate students and teachers in the composition process and to discover more about how writing is learned. Focus is on helping people learn to think. (LBH)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories
Smith, Mark Edward – 1975
This study describes in detail the synthesis of two relatively new, widely accepted and critically approved teaching methods, writing workshops and peer tutoring programs, in a coordinated program designed to improve student writing skills and attitudes. After tracing the origin of this experiment to specific concerns about the use of standard…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, English Instruction, Higher Education

Duke, Charles R. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1980
Advocates individualizing remedial writing courses at the college level and describes three programs that emphasize individual placement, focus on student writing rather than on workbook materials, and offer peer tutoring. (MKM)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions
Crowley, Sharon, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1977
The 17 articles in this collection outline the state of linguists' present knowledge about English and suggest ways of dealing with language in the English classroom. Topics include an historical investigation of language attitudes and the implications for bidialectalism in the schools; professional viewpoints on the Back to the Basics movement as…
Descriptors: American Indians, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Crowley, Sharon, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1977
The 17 articles in this collection outline the state of linguists' present knowledge about English and suggest ways of dealing with language in the English classroom. Topics include an historical investigation of language attitudes and the implications for bidialectalism in the schools; professional viewpoints on the Back to the Basics movement as…
Descriptors: American Indians, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
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