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Buley-Meissner, Mary Louise – Journal of Basic Writing, 1989
Suggests having basic writers complete a writing apprehension measure at the beginning and end of the term. Argues that students' responses can help teachers identify problems at the beginning of the term and help students evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses as writers at the end of the term. (RS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Writing Apprehension

Perkins, Kyle; Brutten, Sheila R. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1990
Examines whether prerequisite relationships exist between five analytical components of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) composition: content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. Finds the need for an approach to writing which recognizes that "separate skills" are actually highly interrelated. (MM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Holistic Approach

Gilbert, Janet R. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1987
Asserts that basic writers must learn to consciously manage written patterns to become better writers. Reviews six studies focusing on lexical and syntactic differences between written and spoken English, and suggests focal points for teaching writing patterns to basic writers. Examines two case studies which demonstrate writing pattern…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Patterns, Student Writing Models, Writing Instruction

Fitzgerald, Kathryn R. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1994
Examines the implications of computerized scoring of placement essays on the theory and practice of writing assessment and writing instruction. Argues that the very feature that makes computerized scoring inexpensive--its universality--undermines its validity. (SR)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Placement, Test Validity

Zamel, Vivian – Journal of Basic Writing, 1990
Examines three English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) student writers and their experiences in two different classrooms to better understand the relationship between writing development and writing instruction. Suggests the need to examine constraints that shape instructional decisions and underlines the importance of investigating contexts in which…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes

Meeker, Linda Hanson – Journal of Basic Writing, 1990
Discusses how examination of the assessment criteria in a basic writing program prompted fruitful, continuing program evaluation and change. Reports that the assessment study validated efforts to deemphasize grammar and spelling instruction in basic writing courses. (MM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education

Gould, Christopher; Heyda, John – Journal of Basic Writing, 1986
Surveys 221 college basic writing instructors concerning the thinking and writing skills they stress and how receptive basic writers are to learning such skills. Notes a dilemma in that teachers emphasize the mechanical skills students say they want, yet students are not receptive to mastering these skills. (RS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literacy Education, School Surveys, Student Attitudes

Trimmer, Joseph F. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1987
Overviews basic writing instruction and research by briefly discussing the history of remediation, results of a survey of basic writing programs in U.S. colleges and universities, and interviews with developmental textbook editors at major publishing houses. Finds that basic writing instruction continues to focus on sentence grammar. (MM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Higher Education, National Surveys, Questionnaires

Hirsch, E. D., Jr. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1980
Examines research on cultural literacy (knowledge of what others know) and relates this research to writing skills and the teaching of writing. (RL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Research, Course Content, Cultural Context

Shaughnessy, Mina – Journal of Basic Writing, 1980
Presents Mina Shaughnessy's thoughts on why English professors dislike the teaching of writing, what is needed in writing research, the disadvantages of being a writing teacher at an open admissions school, what open admissions policies have revealed about education in general and basic writing instruction in particular, and writing evaluation…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Attitudes