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ERIC Number: EJ655229
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1080-5699
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Getting Rid of the Yawn Factor: Using a Portfolio Assignment To Motivate Students in a Professional Writing Class.
Campbell, Nittaya
Business Communication Quarterly, v65 n3 p42-54 Sep 2002
Exploits the advantages of a portfolio assignment both as a tool for teaching writing and as a tool for enhancing students' job search. Provides some background on the use of portfolios in an educational context; describes the portfolio assignment for the writing class and the rationale behind it; and draws some conclusions about the outcome of the assignment. (SG)
Descriptors: Business Education, Higher Education, Portfolio Assessment, Student Motivation, Writing for Publication, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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