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Harris, Jeanette – Freshman English News, 1986
Discusses the results of a study in which 130 college composition textbooks were examined in order to determine the role that expressive discourse plays in the teaching of writing at the college level. (DF)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Analysis, Discourse Modes, Higher Education
Duncan, Patricia H. – 1985
The writing of five first grade children was studied to determine whether findings of a previous study regarding children's concept of story structure would be demonstrated in the children's original compositions. The weekly sessions during the study included individual or group prewriting discussions, drawing and active writing, modeling by the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Childhood Attitudes, Concept Formation, Content Analysis