The authors evaluated the overall effectiveness of two contrasting approaches to teaching freshman composition. The first was a dialect-acceptance, student-centered approach; and the second was a language standardization, teacher-centered approach. The students were evaluated by pre- and post-testing in such cognitive areas as fluency,…

This bibliography cites books and articles pertaining to the teaching of composition to students of English as a second language. Entries include publications from various countries, and most have been published since 1965. A select list of English and American textbooks for teaching composition is also included. (CLK)

This is an elementary reader designed for spelling and writing instruction, written in St. Lawrence Island Yupik, and highly illustrated. (CLK)

This is an elementary manual for spelling and writing instruction, written in St. Lawrence Island Yupik, and highly illustrated. Some basic reading texts are included. (CLK)

This book is intended for teachers, prospective teachers, language arts supervisors, designers of curriculum, and others interested in the teaching of English in the elementary school. Subjects covered include reasons why literature should be part of a child's education, what it means to "teach" and "study" literature, the foundation necessary for…

This document discusses a study of 36 level 3 exercises tried out in a single, middle-income, suburban, second-grade classroom. The following outcomes were generated for the exercises: capitalize the first letter of a sentence, correctly end sentences with periods or question marks, capitalize proper nouns, correctly use commas in dates and…

The purpose of this paper is to present the rationale and procedures used to implement the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) system of scoring writing papers from the 1974 national assessment of writing. Identifying important writing skills and developing writing tasks, scoring guides, and scoring procedures are also discussed. A…

For those students who qualify, the Advance Program offers an opportunity to follow a stimulating curriculum designed for the academically talented. The purposes of the course outlined in this guide for twelfth grade English are to bring the previous three years' studies in Advance Program English to a meaningful culmination; to provide a…

For those students who qualify, the Advance Program offers an opportunity to follow a stimulating curriculum designed for the academically talented. This guide for tenth grade English was designed to help the student learn to appraise both the scientific and the aesthetic facets of language and to view the specific and general interactions between…

The basic structure of a writing laboratory at Purdue University, Indiana, is described in this paper. Physical facilities, record keeping plans, instructional approaches and materials, and evaluation methods are discussed. As a laboratory situation, the course was intended as a supplement to regular composition classes. Five graduate students and…

Pressure exerted by parents, college instructors, and politically mandated accountability systems have forced English teachers to reevaluate the effectiveness of secondary school curriculums. The temptation to return to the rote-learning and grammar drills of the past, although accentuated by these demands, should not be yielded to. Real English…

This study investigated the use of samples of students' writing as a means of assessing their reading achievement. Writing samples were collected from 338 students in grades seven through fourteen. Reading ability for these students ranged from below third-grade level to above fourteenth-grade level. Writing samples were categorized according to…

This paper describes a developmental writing course at Purdue University. The author argues that the basics of such a course as far as the student is concerned are motivation and a desire to learn writing, communication, careful diagnosis, organized plan for student mastery, provision for transferral, and reward. Helping students develop a desire…

The activities and suggestions presented in this document for developing students' writing skills are based on fifteen ideas outlined at the beginning of the book. Part one, focusing on writing within the English course, suggests activities for the following: using reproductions of primary sources, writing directed to a specific and significant…

This study examines the degree of consistency between students' oral and written expression, with regard to the ideas and opinions communicated. Fifty-five freshman composition students were asked to elaborate on a subject of choice in a 500-word essay and in a private office interview with the teacher. Data revealed that consistency of expression…