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Olson, Mary W.; Raffeld, Paul – Reading Psychology, 1987
Investigates the effects of two types of written comments on student compositions and learning of course content. Supports the idea that content comments seem to help students write better essays. Suggests that writing reflectively and thoughtfully about a topic increases learning of that topic. (JK)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Feedback, Teacher Response, Writing (Composition)
Glassner, Benjamin M. – 1983
A cooperative writing workshop that attempts to engage first-term college freshmen in a variety of genuine writing problems by stressing the class as audience, the use of daily journals, feedback from small group discussions, and frequent revision is described in the first part of this document. The remainder of the paper presents a case study of…
Descriptors: Audiences, Case Studies, Feedback, Higher Education
Tchudi, Stephen, Comp.; McNabb, Scott, Ed. – 1983
Prepared by college teachers of writing who are also teachers who write, the papers in this collection appear in a sequence that begins with theoretical issues and problems, moves through the stages of the writing process, and ends with a discussion of revision and evaluation. Specific topics covered in the papers include (1) language theory and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Feedback, Higher Education, Language Usage