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50 Years of ERIC
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Challenge versus Judgement in Responding to Students' Writing.
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Tyrrell, Paul; Johnston, Brian – English in Australia, 1983
Argues for the use of adult-adult interactions between teacher and student (as opposed to parent-child interactions) to help stimulate the revision of student papers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Interaction, Interaction Process Analysis, Revision (Written Composition), Secondary Education
How Can I Usefully Respond to Students' First Drafts?
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Johnston, Brian – English in Australia, 1982
Points out the value of responding to students' first drafts of papers, outlines a three-step approach for doing so, and gives five examples of such an approach. (JL)
Descriptors: Feedback, Prewriting, Questioning Techniques, Secondary Education
Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Reflections on the Assessment Commission.
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Johnston, Brian – English in Australia, 1981
Elaborates some of the advantages and disadvantages for public audiences of the current trend towards teacher-controlled, continuous assessment of students and proposes some methods for overcoming the disadvantages. (HOD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods
Encouraging Productive Student Self-Assessment.
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Johnston, Brian – English in Australia, 1982
Whereas some self-assessment activities are based on a limiting view of the self, other self-assessment activities may be useful in helping students develop. (HOD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, English Instruction, Secondary Education, Self Actualization