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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bishop, Wendy – Composition Studies/Freshman English News, 1996
Presents an interview with Winston Weathers, a composition theorist, whose ideas, according to the interviewer, have not been as influential in the field as they should have been. Examines how Weathers' ideas developed and evolved and how they have been received. (TB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Faculty Development, Grammar, Higher Education
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Bishop, Wendy – Composition Studies/Freshman English News, 1992
Shares the educational change and renewal stories of 13 secondary and college teachers who are doctoral students (reentry, rhetoric graduate program writing teachers) enrolled in summer classes at a midsize northeastern university. (SR)
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Educational Research, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Bishop, Wendy; Crossley, Gay Lynn – Composition Studies/Freshman English News, 1993
Presents data gathered in a year-long case study of the day-to-day life of a writing program administrator of a large, state-funded university. Identifies aspects of the job of program administrator that make it problematic. (HB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College English, English Instruction, Higher Education
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Bishop, Wendy – Composition Studies/Freshman English News, 1995
Presents a defense of the use of collaborative writing projects in writing classrooms, particularly in creative writing courses. Considers the issues involved in the use of such practices. Suggests ways to use collaborative writing in English classes. (HB)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, College English, Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing