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Download full textGlaser, Rainer E. – Journal of Learning Design, 2014
A writing-intensive, upper-level undergraduate course which integrates content, context, collaboration, and communication in a unique fashion, is described. The topic of the seminar is "Scientific Writing in Chemistry" and an assignment-based curriculum was developed to instruct students on best practices in all aspects of science…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Writing Instruction, Best Practices, Undergraduate Study
Kresovich, Brant M. – Bulletin of College of Education, 1990
Timed writing exercises used at the University of the Ryukyus (Japan) to help alleviate common problems in English second language writing are described. It is proposed that Japanese students have difficulty writing in English because of early training in the grammar-translation method, a lack of communication skills, the overuse of bilingual…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Expository Writing, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Fredrick, Vicki – 1985
The 1981 and 1984 studies of revision, developed by the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program, are described in this document, which examines how well students are able to revise their own papers. Contents include an explanation of how the 1981 and 1984 evaluation criteria were created; an overview of the results of the 1984 revision study for grades…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Revision (Written Composition), State Programs
Peer reviewedHorowitz, Daniel M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Analysis of the actual writing assignments and essay tests given to college students showed that tests and assignments were mostly highly controlled and fell into seven categories, including summary of/reaction to reading, comma-annotated bibliography, and research project. Implications for creating tasks in the English for Academic Purposes…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Essay Tests
Vockell, Edward L.; And Others – 1983
The Highland (Indiana) public schools developed a writing program for elementary school students based on the premise that children learn to use language by actively generating language. The program features language production as the principal student activity in the English class and uses the students' own written work and oral expression as the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Feedback
Lofqvist, Gert; Lindell, Ebbe – 1989
In Sweden the International Association Evaluation of Educational Achievement in written composition study involved 4,500 students from grades 6 and 9, as well as students from the terminal grades of the upper secondary school. Students wrote essays of various kinds and replied to questionnaires. Essays were evaluated according to content,…
Descriptors: Essays, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
