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Lawrence, Sandra M.; Sommers, Elizabeth – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1996
Argues that careful assignment scaffolding combined with substantial training and ample opportunities for peer collaboration can make response groups a highly successful classroom practice. Describes what happened when some inexperienced students participated in peer response groups. Describes revisions that students made in their writing. (TB)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Peer Groups
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Kasper, Loretta Frances – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1996
Compares formal writing (analytical essays) and informal writing (short answer workbook-type exercises identifying main themes and ideas) as part of English-as-a-Second-Language reading education. Examines informal and formal writing assignments given to groups of students of comparable reading ability. Shows that formal writing did more to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Instructional Effectiveness