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Vucinich, Janet; O'Conlin, Michaele – 1988
This handbook is intended to provide teachers with background information about the writing skills needed by General Educational Development (GED) students as well as practical instructional activities for use in the adult basic education/GED classroom. A guide to using the ideabook explains the POWER format that involves Prewriting, Organizing,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, High School Equivalency Programs, Learning Activities
Download full textRippey, Robert – Irish Journal of Education, 1968
Eight classes (140 students) in 10th- and 11th-grade were taught English composition using either an "errorless" or a "dialectical" method, each involving a model paragraph. The progress of the students was examined using the STEP and Composition Rating Scales before and after the instruction. Significant changes in the students' scores occurred…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, English Instruction, Models, Retention (Psychology)
Smelstor, Marjorie, Ed. – 1978
One of a series of guides to the teaching of writing at the elementary and secondary levels, this publication describes grammar activities that relate to writing activities. The introductory sections define major approaches to grammar, summarize the current state of research on the relation of formal grammar to composition, and suggest behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1981
Intended as a supplement to the Reading/Literature Released Exercise Set, 1979-80 Assessment, this collection exemplifies students' written responses to thirteen open-ended exercises. Each exercise, its objectives, subobjectives, administration guidelines, and national performance levels on the exercise, are documented. Detailed, age specific…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedCourtel, Claudine, Ed. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1987
A series of games and classroom activities incorporating art and writing and designed to link second language reading to the development of writing skills is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Behavioral Objectives, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1978
Focusing on writing as a complex process, this packet was prepared to assist teachers in planning daily writing activities which combine thinking processes, mechanical skills, and composition skills. Following an introduction which contains suggestions for ways teachers can help students to write, the first section of the publication provides…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Gorrell, Donna – 1978
A basic writing course designed for college freshmen who do not score high enough on entrance examinations to qualify for regular composition courses emphasizes the positive aspects of a student's writing. The nongraded course consists of four components: journal writing, grammar instruction, in-class paragraph writing, and controlled composition.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, English Instruction
