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Peer reviewedCarter, Duncan – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1993
Discusses a new model for teaching writing that emphasizes the acts of composing, especially how writers generate ideas and revise them through a series of drafts. Expresses the wish that administrators not solve the problems of enrollment reductions and budget cuts by enlarging composition classes. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Writing Instruction
Peer reviewedMcLeod, Susan H. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1992
Discusses plagiarism and offers guidelines for its prevention. Discusses writing program administrator policies on plagiarism and how to confront confirmed cheaters. Relates actual cases, and describes situations where plagiarism was not intended by the students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Higher Education, Plagiarism, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedStrenski, Ellen – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1992
Recommends providing copy about undergraduate writing for publication in the campus "TA Handbook." Discusses the advantages of incorporating information about thinking-writing processes, and makes suggestions on the type of information needed by teaching assistants. (PRA)
Descriptors: Guides, Higher Education, Teaching Assistants, Writing Across the Curriculum
Peer reviewedLeahy, Richard – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1992
Asserts that competency testing as part of a writing program does not have to be a liability to the writing center. Describes the situation at Boise State University, where the writing center helps the students to prepare for the competency exams. Discusses each exam and the process of helping the students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Test Wiseness, Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction
