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Download full textWorthington, Roy H., Jr. – 1980
Designed primarily for the use of language arts teachers in the secondary schools, this inservice resource booklet provides a consistent emphasis on developing and strengthening skills in functional and creative writing. Following an introduction, the booklet presents a brief guide for the inservice leader, and a self-corrective test for teachers…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Weeks, Janet O.; White, Miriam B. – 1982
Eighteen fourth grade students and twenty sixth grade students participated in a study to determine if there was a significant difference in the quality of written composition among students exposed to the peer editing process as opposed to those exposed to teacher editing. The control group consisted of 8 fourth grade students and 10 sixth grade…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grammatical Acceptability, Intermediate Grades, Motivation Techniques
Holdzkom, David; And Others – 1982
To determine what pedagogical uses the primary trait system might serve apart from providing a means to assess students' writing, data were collected from 11 elementary and junior high school teachers who had participated in an earlier week-long workshop on primary trait scoring. Participating teachers were asked to complete a log of their…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Junior High Schools
Shakespeare, William O. – 1985
Although to speak of achieving the ideal writing center is to entertain a most romantic notion, there are steps that can be taken to improve the quality of a college or university writing center. The mission of the writing center, which may vary from school to school, must be clearly established. The organization of the center should be examined.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Program Administration, Program Development
Elbow, Peter – 1985
Three arguments are proposed in favor of writing without an audience. The first states that even though ignoring the audience may lead to worse writing at first, it will often lead to better writing in the end. The intimidating nature of the teacher or an unknown as audience supports this. The second argument states that writing without an…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Secondary Education
Cooper, Peter L. – 1984
Recent information from established testing programs was used to investigate the nature and limitations of essay and multiple-choice tests of writing ability, the statistical relationship of these types of tests, the performance of population subgroups on each, the possible need of different disciplines for different tests of composition skill,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cost Effectiveness, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods
Wolcott, Willa – 1985
A study was conducted to determine whether a relationship existed between developmental English students' perceptions of the usefulness of writing in their lives and their performance in composition classrooms. Students enrolled in the developmental English course and the companion writing center course completed a writing attitude questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Performance Factors, Remedial Instruction
McDaniel, Barbara A. – 1985
A study was conducted to determine whether evaluators of large scale essay tests respond the same way toward essays written by English as a second language (ESL) and non-ESL students. The data examined came from the English Placement Test (EPT) administered in the province of British Columbia, Canada, in March 1979. The test was used to identify…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Higher Education
McLean, James I. – 1985
An experiment was designed to test an instrument that could assist writers and editors in selecting strategies for improving the comprehensibility of written instructions. In addition, the study examined how successful professional writers are in improving passages selected for difficulty. The subjects, 150 experienced writers, were given an…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Communication Research, Formative Evaluation
Jolly, Peggy B. – 1985
Crucial to the success of a writing program are the writing instructor's perception of and response to the quality of student writing. There are three areas to be considered: students' grades, students' writing, and the instructor's comments. Unfortunately, disparity in these areas often gives contradictory indications about the instructor's…
Descriptors: English Teacher Education, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation
Christensen, Linda, Ed.; And Others – 1982
Intended for both elementary and secondary school teachers who have little or no experience in teaching creative fiction writing, this booklet presents sample lesson plans for writing short stories, fables, myths, mysteries, science fiction, and historical fiction. The lesson plans discuss such elements as plot, setting, characterization, mood,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Fiction
Kirsch, Irwin – 1985
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has acted to provide a new perspective with its 1985 survey of the literacy skills of young Americans aged 21-25. In the Spring of 1985, NAEP began screening 40,000 households to identify a nationally representative sample of between 3,600 and 5,000 young adults aged 21-25 and several hundred…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1985
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has acted to provide a new perspective with its 1985 survey of the literacy skills of young Americans aged 21-25. In the spring of 1985, NAEP began screening 40,000 households to identify a nationally representative sample of between 3,600 and 5,000 young adults aged 21-25 and several hundred…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Moore, Michael T. – 1985
Based on a study dealing with problem-finding behavior of artists as the first step in the creative process (Getzels and Czikszentmihalyi), this study on the empirical nature of problem-finding included middle school students from a suburban-rural area in Western Pennsylvania. Eight students identified through three measures as creative were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, Discovery Processes, Essay Tests
Wesdorp, Hildo – 1983
One objective of the International Study of Achievement in Written Composition was to develop an instrument that could explore the relationships between instructional variables and educational results. Three levels of specificity were aimed at: (1) broad and general characteristics of the instructional process; (2) specific dimensions of native…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Measurement Techniques
