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Peer reviewedSmith, Allen – Clearing House, 1982
Offers several strategies that can be used by social studies teachers to incorporate more writing into their classrooms. (FL)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Social Studies, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods
Download full textBrent, Douglas – 1982
The latest perceptions of writer-audience relationships have not been applied to what teachers actually do in the classroom. When the idea of audience is applied at all, it is often misapplied, resulting in classroom activities that fail to facilitate learning and many, in some cases, that force students to perform tasks so unreal that credibility…
Descriptors: Feedback, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Models
Storlie, Erik F.; Barwise, Mary – 1985
The result of the Writing across the Curriculum Project at Minneapolis Community College, this handbook provides teachers with effective, efficient, and practical suggestions for crafting good writing assignments in content area classrooms. In general, the book encourages teachers to ask good questions and to experiment with writing. Respectively,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Grading, Higher Education
Hill, Ada; Boone, Beth – 1982
Intended for use by teachers at both the college and the secondary school level, this booklet describes a method of getting students to write using the motivation theories developed by the psychologist Abraham Maslow. The first chapter of the booklet reviews Maslow's basic principles as they apply to the teaching of writing, but includes a…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Higher Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1981
Intended to help writing teachers create a classroom climate where real writing can be inspired, valued, and enjoyed, the WEDGE (Writing Every Day Generates Excellence) manual addresses first the problem of motivating students to communicate in writing, next, finding words and structures appropriate for clarity and eloquence, and finally, the…
Descriptors: Discourse Modes, Elementary Secondary Education, Literary Criticism, Program Development
Neshaminy School District, Langhorne, PA. – 1980
Developed by teachers who had been trained in the teaching of the writing process, this curriculum guide is designed to help teachers gain the skills necessary for effective writing instruction. The seven sections of the guide provide the following information: (1) the basic assumptions and guidelines of the curriculum; (2) an explanation of the…
Descriptors: Audiences, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Davis, James E., Ed.; Davis, Hazel K., Ed. – Focus: Teaching English Language Arts, 1982
The 24 articles in this special journal resulted from the Licking County (Ohio) Writing Project. The articles provide information about the following: (1) how to motivate students and teachers, (2) prewriting activities, (3) lightening the teacher's grading load, (4) the uses of conferences, (5) sustained silent reading, (6) traditional techniques…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Prewriting, Student Motivation
Hayes, Mary F., Ed.; And Others – 1983
Prepared by classroom teachers, the papers in this collection synthesize their own teaching experiences with recent writing research revelations. Among the topics covered in the 37 papers are (1) computers in the English classroom, (2) values clarification and the teaching of autobiographical writing, (3) using journals, (4) grammar instruction,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cerebral Dominance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Writing
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Ryan, Kevin J., Ed. – Inside English, 1984
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues of volume 11 include the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, College Faculty, Community Colleges
