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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 34 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: an evaluation of college-level dictionaries for use in freshman composition; peer feedback during the writing process; the effects of formal, traditional grammar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations
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Long, Maxine M., Ed.; McCleary, William J., Ed. – The English Record, 1981
The six articles in this journal issue deal with teachers intervening in the writing process (what happens before the student turns in a paper for a grade). The articles focus on the following topics: (1) some objectives and classroom practices for teaching the composing process; (2) a composing profile and a system for developing a student…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Higher Education
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1987
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching literature, composition, and remedial writing, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues of concern to teachers in the field. The four issues of volume 14 contain the following…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Course Content, Creative Writing
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the adolescent writer's developing sense of audience; (2) the entry skills, methods, and attitudes of intermediate composition students in postsecondary composition programs; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Style, Developmental Stages
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) voice in writing; (2) the effectiveness of an individualized humanistic writing program; (3) the effects of peer evaluation on eighth grade narrative writing;…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged
Bilson, Barbara, Ed. – Inside English, 1982
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues in volume 8 include the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1984
Noting that many elements of the English classroom--printed books, paper, pens, and typewriters--now considered indispensable were once innovations in technology, the articles in this focused journal issue explore the impact of electronic technologies on the English classroom and how to adapt those technologies to instruction. The essays deal with…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1983
Noting that while collaborative writing is commonplace in the "real" world it is seldom practiced in classrooms, the articles in this focused journal explore the place of collaboration in the writing process and the ways in which collaboration can be fostered in an instructional setting. Following an introduction by the editor, which…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Peer Evaluation
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1983
Noting that most junior high level curricula do not take into account students' rapid mental and physical changes, the articles in this focused journal issue recommend works and teaching strategies that harmonize with these student needs. The titles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Adolescent Development and the Growth of Writing…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Developmental Stages, English Instruction