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Jenkinson, Edward – 1992
During the summer of 1990, a university English education professor in Indiana responded to the writing of 20 fourth through seventh graders via a computer installed in his home. The students wrote daily anything ranging from a 3-line haiku to 10-20 computer-screen stories. The classroom teacher took the students through the steps in the writing…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, College School Cooperation, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Colby, Anita Y. – 1986
This digest draws upon the thirteen published volumes of "Inside English" to offer a summary of practitioners' advice on techniques to improve two-year college students' writing skills. First, the paper summarizes underlying principles of writing instruction, indicating that: (1) usage, formal grammar, phonics, and spelling are best…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Feedback, Holistic Evaluation, Teaching Methods
Herrmann, Andrea W. – 1989
Writing instruction reflects a growing appreciation of the value of talk. By implementing peer writing groups, teachers encourage students to give, seek, and react to oral feedback among themselves as they write, in addition to reacting to the teacher's traditional comments on finished papers. Collaboration in writing groups provides writers with…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Peer Evaluation
Hyslop, Nancy B. – 1990
This digest offers an overview of current research in the ERIC database on methods and measurements for evaluating student writing. The digest considers: (1) methods of response to students' written products; and (2) the measurement of quality as represented by effective classroom teaching methods. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Holbrook, Hilary Taylor – 1984
Intended for administrators and policy makers as well as teachers, this digest explores the components common to effective writing programs. The digest first discusses activities at the classroom level as the foundation of a successful writing program and elements that should be included in classroom instruction, such as the process approach to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Speck, Bruce – 2000
This digest examines issues related to the grading of students' classroom writing, including the relation of the writing process to the grading process, ways to construct effective writing assignments, fairness and professional judgment, ways to include students in the assessment of writing, and guidelines that professors can use to provide…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Grading, Higher Education, Student Evaluation
Chapman, Carmen – 1990
Some of the ways authentic writing assessment can be used in education are discussed. Using the Illinois Writing Program (IWP) as an example, this digest also looks at some of the goals, solutions, and experiences of a program that is implementing authentic writing assessment. New directions in authentic assessment are aimed at going beyond…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Innovation