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Download full textCroft, Cedric; Thomas, Valerie – SET: Research Information for Teachers, 1983
This pamphlet on spelling research contains the practical outcomes of two recent studies investigating how children learn to spell. The pamphlet presents the findings and discusses the implications of a study which examined writing samples from 1,250 primary school children, ages 7 through 12, to determine the most frequently used and most…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Spelling, Spelling Instruction
Jenkins, Rhonda, Ed. – 1986
The responsibility of all teachers to help children develop spelling strategies is addressed in a series of articles in this journal supplement. Following an introduction by the editor, the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Development in Word Knowledge" (Peggy Goldsmith); (2) "Spelling Can Be Taught" (Faye Bolton…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Resource Materials, Spelling Instruction
Evertts, Eldonna L. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1980
This journal issue provides topics and methods that elementary school teachers can use in writing instruction. The first part of the bulletin describes the nature of the composing process, the types of writing that elementary students produce, and an analysis of teaching strategies. These comments speak to the classroom teacher and reflect recent…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
Loofbourrow, Peggy Trump, Ed.; Peterson, Art, Ed. – Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, 1996
This publication is devoted to concerns surrounding the teaching and learning of writing, and offers resources and ideas for professionals, including articles, interviews with prominent members of the field, book reviews, and brief updates on research by the National Center for the Study of Writing and National Writing Project activities. Articles…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Nonfiction, Program Descriptions, Writing (Composition)
Kaminsky, Lisa Holland, Ed.; Byerly, Tshawna L., Ed.; Huzinec, Josie, Ed.; Pilhuj, Kate, Ed.; Frye, Traci, Ed.; Smith, Kristin J., Ed.; Yanosky, Tiffany, Ed. – Dangling Modifier, 2003
This series of issues of a newsletter called "The Dangling Modifier" begins with Volume 1, Number 1 (Fall 1994) and concludes with Volume 9, Number 2 (2003). The newsletter is subtitled "A National Newsletter by and for Peer Tutors in Writing" for the majority of the issues--the last issue changes the subtitle to "An…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Activities, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
Peer reviewedWalker, Albert, Ed. – Public Relations Review, 1996
Based on searches of more than 100 periodicals as well as flyers and brochures from 24 major publishing houses and university presses, this annotated bibliography presents a representative collection of books and journal articles (published in 1995) related to the knowledge and practice of public relations. The annotated bibliography is divided…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Communication, Business Responsibility, Ethics
Sipe, Rebecca Bowers – Here's How, 1994
A number of spelling strategies are available to help students who do not have a good visual memory. Phonics is a valuable tool in the early grades. Many students benefit from studying word families. Mnemonic devices and tactile methods are also useful. Spelling gains importance when students write, although both the purpose for writing and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Parent Participation
Bauman, Amy, Ed.; Peterson, Art, Ed. – Quarterly of the National Writing Project, 2001
Articles in this publication address the writing process, teaching writing, and research on the teaching of writing, and take the form of personal experience or opinion, or explore the work of others who have contributed to the field. Articles in the first issue of this volume include: "It's a Frame-Up: Helping Students Devise Beginnings and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Process Approach (Writing), Program Descriptions, Writing (Composition)
Nugent, Susan Monroe, Ed. – The Leaflet, 1987
Focusing on synthesis--the ability to recognize and create new ideas that subsume and relate to others--as one of the most sophisticated skills writers can attain, the articles in this journal present many ideas for teaching synthesis and a number of classroom approaches that combine the study of English with other fields. The following titles and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Interdisciplinary Approach, Secondary Education, Synthesis
Davis, Ken, Ed. – Kentucky English Bulletin, 1984
The articles in this journal issue present a wide range of theoretical and practical approaches to helping students benefit from imitating products and processes of writing. The eight articles discuss the following topics: (1) imitating models, (2) summary writing as an aid to using writing models, (3) rewriting "Indian Lad" to show how to imitate…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Imitation, Models, Teaching Methods
AAHE Bulletin, 1988
Three articles on assessment in higher education include the following: "More Savvy, Good Signs, Next Steps: A Report on the Third National Conference on Assessment in Higher Education," by Pat Hutchings, on tapping expert judgment, getting students invested, and deepening understanding; "Perspectives on General Education and Its…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Higher Education, Role of Education
Hall, Susan E. M. – Insights into Open Education, 1986
Using student dictated stories to create class books is an exciting way to teach young children about books and writing. Children can thus use their own material as they learn to read, the books provide a class library, and writing through dictation allows young children to learn about reading and writing before they can read or write--even with…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Language Experience Approach, Prereading Experience, Primary Education
Andrews, Robert – Insights into Open Education, 1986
Helping first graders develop writing skills is the focus of this paper. The first part of the paper discusses 11 ideas likely to be crucial to any first grade writing program, such as the similarities between learning to talk and writing, and the teacher as the model writer. The second part of the paper outlines creative writing activities…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Grade 1, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedWalker, Albert, Ed. – Public Relations Review, 1994
Based on searches of databases and over 140 periodicals, this annotated bibliography presents a representative collection of books and journal articles related to the knowledge and practice of public relations published in 1993. The annotated bibliography is subdivided into 35 different categories, including business credibility and ethics;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Communication, Business Responsibility, Crisis Management
Peer reviewedLally, Tim D. P., Ed. – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1980
The seven articles in this journal issue focus on the teaching of writing beyond the required college freshman composition courses. The articles provide the following: (1) a discussion of ways to teach transferable and local writing skills, (2) arguments for and against the use of tape-recorded comments rather than written comments to respond to…
Descriptors: College English, Course Descriptions, English Curriculum, Higher Education
