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Griffee, Dale T. – Learning Assistance Review, 2007
This 10 week longitudinal evaluation study evaluated a brain-based learning curriculum proposed by Smilkstein (2003) by comparing student performance in a traditional basic writing curriculum with NHLP-oriented basic writing curriculum. The study included two classes each of experimental and traditional methods. Results of the data, gathered by…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Brain, Teaching Methods, Scientific Research
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Raines, Helon Howell – College Composition and Communication, 1990
Studies the availability of writing programs at 2-year colleges. Reports that virtually all of the 236 schools that replied to a survey offer composition and most offer such courses as basic and creative writing. States that fewer schools offer advanced or sophomore composition. Concludes that both class sizes and teaching loads exceed…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Class Size, College English, Creative Writing
Terry, Robert M., Ed. – 1992
Papers from the 1991 joint Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)/ Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) conference are presented. Because the state of North Carolina is in the forefront of state-mandated foreign language education in the elementary schools (FLES), 4 of the 10 articles in this volume address FLES…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, Basic Writing, Competency Based Education