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Bargate, Karen – Africa Education Review, 2015
Many higher education students embark on a study of accounting under the misconception that accounting requires a high level of proficiency in manipulating data and being good with numbers, while believing that linguistic competence, especially as it relates to writing, is of less importance. This article reports on a study that examined 15…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Qualitative Research, Accounting, Student Experience
Borchardt, Donald A. – 1987
Domain-specific knowledge can be processed so that analytical/critical thinking in verbal and written discourse is encouraged in the classroom by using a guided design strategy intended to solve open-ended problems. Each of the four operations in the strategy (state the goal, generate ideas, prepare a plan, and take action) make use of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Course Evaluation, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
Upton, James – 1986
Writing across the curriculum, or "writing-as-learning" (WAL), represents one of the most successful developments in writing instruction. WAL is an efficient teaching method for achieving educational goals in today's society because it effectively engages students in both the means and the ends of their education. Research has shown that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
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Kneeshaw, Stephen – OAH Magazine of History, 1988
Offers ideas for using comparative history in the classroom. Includes suggestions for using guided design, role playing, and an approach for a series of sequenced writing exercises. Uses the 1920s and 1970s for comparison, focusing on Teapot Dome and Watergate. (LS)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, History Instruction, Learning Strategies, Lesson Plans
Moore, David W.; And Others – 1989
Intended to be a practical guide to prereading activities applicable in the classroom, this book emphasizes students' independence by shifting the focus of instruction to student-centered applications. Chapters of the book cover such topics as: (1) preparing students to read in the content areas; (2) asking and answering questions before reading;…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Steinacker, Debbie, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Noting that writing should be part of the instructional/learning strategies used in every classroom across the curriculum at all grade levels, this guide presents activities for using various kinds of writing in the content areas. The guide presents the activities according to the following writing types: (1) journal writing, (2) letter writing,…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
Goetz, Ernest T.; And Others – 1983
Prompted by the lack of research on learning in large college classes in terms of the cognitive processes and strategies students use, an experimental, preliminary study implemented generative activities in an undergraduate educational psychology class of approximately 70 students. The activities involved such things as stopping in the middle of a…
Descriptors: Class Size, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing
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Miller, L. Diane; England, David A. – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Describes a study in a large metropolitan high school to ascertain what influence the use of regular writing in algebra classes would have on students' attitudes towards algebra and their skills in algebra. Reports the simpler and more direct the writing topics the better. (MVL)
Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Research, Content Area Writing, Learning Strategies
Howard, James – 1983
Stressing that learning to write is learning to think, a series of workshops showed teachers in the content area how to use writing in their classrooms. Following a brief introduction to the program, workshop participants developed eight guidelines for creating effective writing assignments: (1) make all assignments worthwhile, (2) make them…
Descriptors: Assignments, Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Shook, Ronald – 1982
The best way to teach writing is to make it the way to learn something else. Instructors need to look at written communication as it is used in real life. When students take pains with their writing, it is because what they have to say is important to them. The students' need to communicate a particular meaning for a particular purpose guides them…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Educational Strategies, Educational Theories, Language Processing
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Abel, Frederick J.; And Others – Social Studies, 1989
Presents a writing method which allows students to reflect upon issues and ideas and thus encourage understanding and retention of social studies content. Divides the writing process into prewriting, composing, and postwriting, and offers techniques for each element. Includes methods for evaluating student efforts. (LS)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Creative Teaching
Worsley, Dale – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1988
Discusses clear visualization as a key to learning and understanding. Presents some examples (using metaphor and simile) of the way language can express clear visualization and objectivity. (JK)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Discovery Learning, Language Usage, Learning Strategies