A STUDENT VERSION OF A CURRICULUM GUIDE ON RHETORICAL REASONING PROCESSES WAS DEVELOPED. TWO UNITS INVOLVING DEDUCTION AND PLAUSIBILITY WERE INCLUDED. LESSONS INVOLVING ASSUMPTIONS, PATTERNS OF DEDUCTIVE THINKING, FACTS, AND VALUE JUDGMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE UNIT ON DEDUCTION. THE UNIT ON PLAUSIBILITY GAVE THE STUDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY HIS…

A TEACHER VERSION OF A CURRICULUM GUIDE ON RHETORICAL REASONING PROCESSES WAS DEVELOPED. THE GUIDE INCLUDED TWO UNITS INVOLVING DEDUCTION AND PLAUSIBILITY. DETAILED LESSONS AND EXERCISES DEALING WITH ASSUMPTIONS, PATTERNS OF DEDUCTIVE THINKING, FACTS, AND VALUE JUDGMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE UNIT ON DEDUCTION. IN THE UNIT ON PLAUSIBILITY, DETAILED…

THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR 10TH-GRADE STUDENTS DEALT WITH (1) 20TH-CENTURY LYRIC POETRY AND (2) THE COMPARISON BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND POETIC WRITINGS. A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION PRECEDED PRESENTATION OF THE MATERIAL IN BOTH SECTIONS. SUGGESTIONS, EXERCISES, AND COMPOSITION TOPICS WERE ALSO PRESENTED. THE TEACHER VERSION IS ED 010 820. RELATED…

This study was undertaken to identify those factors in a basic composition program (BCP) which promoted or inhibited growth in student writing abilities and to determine the appropriateness of the case-study research strategy for studying student writing processes. Data gathered included all writing produced by one BCP class of 19 students, tape…

It is the contention of this project that the process of effective communication can be taught through the use of rhetoric. Classical aspects of rhetoric are incorporated into a practical course application that also involves the use of effective teaching strategies and nontraditional materials to provide for an alternative approach to teaching…

The program outlined in this guide provides course objectives, organized for three grade levels, under the following five major language arts strands: nonverbal communication, oral communication, literature, written communication, and language. Objectives are presented in a logical teaching sequence for each of the language arts strands, with…

Writing samples representing argumentation, exposition, narration, and description were gathered from 51 fifth-grade pupils. Significant differences were found among the four modes of writing and among high-, medium-, and low-ability groups for T-unit length, clauses per T-unit, and clause length. Argumentation produced the most complex writing,…

The detailed method for teaching writing presented in this book consists of a highly structured program of grammar, usage, and composition, using a modified Skinnerian, easy-to-difficult technique. The first part of the book contains five chapters which discuss the problem of teaching writing, reasons for studying grammar, which grammar should be…

The program outlined in this document suggests that all secondary school students have continuous composing experiences in four major areas of written discourse: sensory/descriptive, imaginative/narrative, practical/informative, and analytical/expository. This document contains a chart detailing a plan of instruction in written composition for…

The sex of college freshmen theme writers was identified by analyzing subject matter clues. A sample of 60 descriptive themes was selected for study; half were written by females and half by males. A panel of five female and five male English teachers read the themes and indicated the sex they thought the writers to be as well as the reasons for…

In the fall of 1975, a committee on the use of English was appointed by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois to determine the nature of the writing problem in the college, to assess its significance, and to make recommendations for the improvement of student writing. As part of their work, the committee obtained…

Buber's ideas about inter-person relationships may offer the basis for a sounder pedagogy than now exists in composition. (JH)

A suggestion is made for solving the problem of testing spoken English. The students were from the Economics Department of a university in Finland. Their needs (practical ones), their courses in spoken English, the form of the test--oral, reading, and writing--and the marking system are considered. (SCC)

The writing apprehension test yields valuable information about students as writers. (JH)