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Corbin, Richard – English in Education, 1970
A paper presented at annual spring conference of New York State English Council (New York, April 1968) and published originally in The English Record," journal of the Council. (Editor/RD)
Descriptors: Assignments, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Secondary Education
Dobler, G. Ronald – Technical Writing Teacher, 1977
Describes an assignment in which freshman technical writing students gathered information from community businesses in order to write process analysis papers. Includes the list of assignment topics, instructions for the assignment, and evaluation questions for obtaining student reactions to the assignment. (GW)
Descriptors: Assignments, College Freshmen, English Instruction, Field Interviews
Sosnoski, James J.; Downing, David B. – Pre-Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory, 1993
Presents (in an unconventional, diary-like format) the comments of two writing instructors regarding the first author's attempt to revamp a writing course. Reflects on the current state of theoretical worry about teaching writing in a way that puts the authors in conversation with other writing teachers. (RS)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Student Reaction
Papay, Twila Yates – 1995
A sabbatical spent exploring the genre of travel writing began a writing instructor's journey to figure out what travel writing teaches--and how--and why it is so compelling to students. Her research in the genre of travel writing began as she was preparing students going abroad to keep meaningful journals. In middle- and advanced-level travel…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Metaphors, Prewriting, Student Journals

Henderson, Bruce B. – Teaching of Psychology, 2000
Describes a writing project, based on the reader's guide, that helps students get an overview of the literature on a psychology topic. Highlights the five components of the reader's guide (content outline, theorists and contributors, central concepts, hot topics, and major resources). Addresses the role of the assignment and student reactions.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Literature Reviews

Conlon, Michael – T.H.E. Journal, 1997
Describes how a computerized environment supplemented traditional undergraduate courses in English literature and composition at the University of Florida, and was developed with a grant from IBM. Highlights include the use of MOO (multi-user, object-oriented) space; student assignments; the client-server setting; and student and teacher…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, English Literature
Landsman, Julie – Teachers and Writers, 1993
Focuses on releasing students' creative impulses, their imaginations, and their memories. Discusses a set of reading and writing activities that have been used with all kinds of students in a wide variety of settings. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Poetry
Nauta, Margaret M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2002
I describe a career research project designed to increase students' knowledge of careers in psychology. Following a detailed outline, undergraduates enrolled in a senior seminar conducted research on a career of their choice, prepared a written summary of the career information, and presented the summary orally to their classmates. Reactions to…
Descriptors: Careers, Research Projects, Psychology, Undergraduate Students

Quinn, Josephine – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2003
Presents an example of a completed Patchwork Text assignment written by one of the students in a course for primary school student teachers becoming specialists in science. Writing examples are provided under these main topics: What is Science?; Science and Society; Science and the Media; Science and Religion; and Science and Stereotypes. (AEF)
Descriptors: Assignments, Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Instructional Innovation

Quintana, Linda – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1993
Junior high school students with deafness explored their feelings about having someone with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) enroll at their special school and then wrote about what their reaction and the reaction of the staff, parents, and other students would be. Students seemed to become more compassionate and understanding toward…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitude Change, Deafness, Death
Freedman, Sarah Warshauer – 1994
As part of a larger project, a ninth-grade class participated in a year-long exchange of writing with students in an inner-city London classroom. The larger project involved 10 San Francisco Bay Area sixth- through ninth-grade classes exchanging writing with nine inner-city London classes and a Swedish class. Students and teachers in each of the…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries

Hopkins, Shannon; Kammer, Gregory – 1992
In fall 1991 and spring 1992, an interdisciplinary art-and-writing collaborative project was initiated by an English instructor at Yakima Valley Community College (YVCC) and a graphics instructor at Everett Community College (ECC), both in Washington State. The project involved a graphics art class at ECC and a writing class from YVCC, pairing…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Audience Awareness, Audience Response