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Peer reviewedDietrich, Julia C. – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Presents a method for helping students learn to evaluate data, draw conclusions, and state a most probable hypothesis in writing essays. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Essays, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedCoe, Richard – Exercise Exchange, 1975
Presents guidelines for teaching high school and college students how to write essay tests in English. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Essay Tests, Guidelines
Peer reviewedWilliams, Jerri Knowlton – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Considers how writing teachers can help students become more inventive writers. Gives different techniques for developing invention skills. Outlines an approach for fostering invention in writing. (HB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Essays, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedKurata, Marilyn – Exercise Exchange, 1983
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: At my university, students are required to take a two course sequence in freshman composition, EH 101 and EH 102. EH 101 covers six basic essay forms utilizing description, narration, process description, classification, comparison/contrast, and argument. Because EH 101 is a basic, required course,…
Descriptors: Essays, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
Peer reviewedDowney, Carol Ann – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Describes a writing activity in which students imagine how a certain land area can become a world-class tourist attraction. Outlines how the assignment is carried out and its impact on the development of descriptive writing skills. Provides student response to the actual activity. (HB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Essays
