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Direct linkButcher, Charity – Journal of Political Science Education, 2022
Recent reports indicate that employers are increasingly interested in hiring individuals that can think critically and are able to solve complex problems. Further, the ability to apply knowledge learned during college to real-world settings is a major sought-after skill. Overall, these findings emphasize the importance of teaching our students to…
Descriptors: Writing Exercises, Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Concept Formation
Golpour, Farhad; Ahour, Touran; Ahangari, Saeideh – Cogent Education, 2019
This study aimed to find out the relationship among EFL university teachers' code-based and meaning-based beliefs in writing instruction, classroom writing activities and classroom organization. To this end, 120 university teachers, who were teaching writing to EFL learners at different universities in Iran, participated in the study. For the data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, English (Second Language), Beliefs
Fried, Stephen – Thought & Action, 2016
A new teacher at a workshop shares that she had a difficult time getting students to write about 9/11. This teacher said that some students refused, while others became angry about being asked. Stephen Fried is an adjunct lecturer in English at the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York. In this article, Fried describes how…
Descriptors: College English, Student Participation, Teaching Experience, Student Attitudes
Tat Heung Choi; Ka Wa Ng – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2015
Purpose: This paper, which originates in an English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) classroom activity in Hong Kong, aims to explore English learners' expressive and creative potential in writing by studying their work in the literary narrative genre. Design/methodology/approach: A group of upper secondary students (15-16 years of age) with limited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Arts, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education
Download full textAvila, Hernán A. – HOW, 2016
This article introduces a pedagogical intervention that includes a set of creative activities designed to improve the oral and written production of students in the English classroom, especially those who have shown a lack of interest or attention. It was observed that participants initially seemed careless about studying the language. Eventually…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Newman, Terry H.; Bizzarri, Sarah A. – Reading Teacher, 2012
An important part of student success in school is the involvement of families. However, the communication between students and families regarding school is often sparse at best and caregivers can feel left out as to what is happening. Friday letters improve communication between students and families and also provide a myriad of instructional…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Caregivers, Teaching Methods, Class Activities
Estalkhbijari, Zahra Pakdel; Khodareza, Mohammadreza – International Education Studies, 2012
This study aims to investigate the effects of warm up tasks as classroom activities on foreign language written production. For showing these effects, sixty out of one hundred forty Iranian sophomore EFL students from the Islamic Azad University of Lahijan branch, Iran were selected after following the Oxford Placement Test (OPT). Then, they were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Ability, Writing Exercises, English (Second Language)
Starting with Worldviews: A Five-Step Preparatory Approach to Integrative Interdisciplinary Learning
Augsburg, Tanya; Chitewere, Tendai – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013
In this article we propose a five-step sequenced approach to integrative interdisciplinary learning in undergraduate gateway courses. Drawing from the literature of interdisciplinarity, transformative learning theory, and theories of reflective learning, we utilize a sequence of five steps early in our respective undergraduate gateway courses to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, World Views
Tunks, Karyn – Childhood Education, 2008
The genre of tall tales is characterized by fictional, often intentionally ridiculous, stories that provide a reason for or origin of a natural phenomenon. Tall tales are often based on characters who are unusually adept or powerful; they are particularly appealing to children who are cognitively capable of understanding the tongue-in-cheek humor…
Descriptors: Tales, Story Telling, Class Activities, Teachers
Peer reviewedHaefner, Joel – English Journal, 1987
Recounts the diverse reactions elicited by a college writing teacher when he asked his students to compose using his copy of Keats' life-mask as a resource. Discusses how the life-mask acted as a stimulus, turning in-class writing into an exciting and useful composition experience. (NKA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Student Reaction, Writing (Composition), Writing Exercises
Peer reviewedKossack, Sharon – Journal of Reading, 1986
Provides activities for teaching the skill of comparison using various parts of newspapers. (SRT)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Integrated Activities, Newspapers, Teaching Methods
Crowley, Ann V. – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1984
Discusses procedures for applying journal writing to learning study skills. Focuses on conditions for learning; offers guidelines for teachers in getting started and providing feedback; discusses typical student reactions; and lists the advantages of using journals for self-monitoring and communication. (DMM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Postsecondary Education, Study Skills, Teaching Methods
Scali, Nancy – Writing Notebook, 1989
Describes how students can write and assemble monthly classroom calendar books. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Student Projects, Student Publications
Writing Teacher, 1989
Offers several brief creative writing activities that are quick, convenient, and encourage students to enjoy and play with words and ideas. Presents these ideas in a calendar format, one for the primary level and one for the intermediate level. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Writing Exercises
Couch, Lezlie Laws – Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, 1994
Provides analysis of an imaging exercise. Describes how one experience became something unexpected as imaging met imagination. Lists five steps for teachers to use in conducting the exercise. (PA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Writing Exercises, Writing Instruction
