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Robbins, Bruce; Fischer, Kris – Voices from the Middle, 1996
Describes a project in which students in a seventh-grade English class were paired with university students in an English methods class, sharing weekly writing and responses via a computer network. Discusses how the project enhanced the teaching and learning opportunities for both sets of students. (SR)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, English Teacher Education
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Krater, Joan; Zeni, Jane – Voices from the Middle, 1996
Describes an action research project which began by asking how English teachers could improve the writing of their African American students, and gradually came to ask how the teachers' own cultural assumptions might be blocking their teaching relationships. Identifies and discusses eight principles of their approach, and discusses changes in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism