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Download full textRankin-Brown, Maria; Fitzpatrick, Carrie – Online Submission, 2007
Background: This study involved a bicoastal project between four composition classes, two in California and two in Pennsylvania. The focus was on how students read, write, and converse about ethnic and spiritual distinctiveness and the role of writing in identity development. Purpose: The researchers exercised a variety of methods (diverse…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Writing (Composition), Student Attitudes, Cultural Awareness
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum and Academic Services. – 2001
Beginning in 1999, all of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) had to be aligned with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards. This handbook describes the PSSA writing assessment, which was designed to measure individual student performance and to influence instruction. The guide contains a chart of the Pennsylvania Academic Standards…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scoring, State Programs
Kohr, Richard L. – 1981
Correlates of reading and writing achievement were examined in Pennsylvania's Educational Quality Assessment program. Data came from the 1978 and 1979 assessments of fifth, eighth, and eleventh grade students. The 35 variables serving as correlates were classified as school (manipulable) and home/community (nonmanipulable), and were derived from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
NELSON, BONNIE E. – 1968
THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH COLLECTED INFORMATION FROM DIRECTORS OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH FOR A REPORT ON COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT, A DISCUSSION OF TRENDS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION, INDICATES THAT LINGUISTICS AND THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE HAVE NOT BECOME A PART OF THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH CURRICULUM.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Content, English, English Curriculum
Dunham, Mildred G. – 1974
An attempt to secure information regarding the undergraduate composition training of secondary school English teachers presently teaching in selected Pennsylvania English departments was made in this study. To collect data on the undergraduate composition training of Pennsylvania English teachers, the researcher mailed 1,005 questionnaires to 80…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, English Education, English Teacher Education, Higher Education
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Direct linkGarrison, Laura A. – PRIMUS, 2005
This paper describes two classroom activities and a project that supplement a Liberal Arts Mathematics course's coverage of logic and reasoning. The first classroom activity introduces the writing of inductive and deductive arguments, and the second activity involves analyzing a guest speaker's arguments. The project consists of using logic and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Games, Logical Thinking
Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. l2, New Oxford, PA. – 1985
This collection of adult student writing is the product of a literacy education project in Pennsylvania. Contributors to the volume were adult students in Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Education Development (GED), English as a Second Language (ESL), and basic literacy classes. The adults who participated in this writing project were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Creative Writing, Educationally Disadvantaged
HAZARD, PATRICK D. – 1966
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REPORT WAYS OF ACCELERATING INNOVATION IN THE ENGLISH TEACHING. THROUGH A SERIES OF QUESTIONNAIRES TO STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS AND A MAILING LIST OF OPINION LEADERS, PRIORITIES WERE ESTABLISHED, AND INNOVATIVE AND UNDERUSED PROGRAMS OF VALUE WERE COLLECTED. THE STUDY ALSO ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE REASONS FOR THE UNSATISFACTORY…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Communication Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
Ashmead, John – 1964
A case is made for the assigned reading of ancient and modern literary classics, rather than modern essay collections, in college freshman composition classes. The effectiveness of a number of classics used for that purpose for 13 years in the freshman courses at Haverford College is discussed. Classwork in the Haverford program is described, and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classics (Literature), College English, College Freshmen
Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. l2, New Oxford, PA. – 1985
The main objectives of this project were to conduct a writing contest for adult basic education/high school equivalency/English as a Second Language (ABE/GED/ESL) and basic literacy students and to publish an anthology of selected prose (fiction and non-fiction) and poetry entries by those students. Secondary objectives were to promote a greater…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Creative Writing
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This January 14, 2005 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Utopia College: A Distinctive Alternative" (Nemko, Marty); (2)…
Descriptors: College Administration, Criticism, Films, Writing (Composition)
Garrahy, Dennis J. – 1982
One of a series of social studies units designed to develop the reading and writing skills of low achievers, this student activity book focuses on the theme of energy. The unit can be used for high school classes, individual study in alternative and continuing high schools, and adult education classes. Separate sections cover early sources of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anthologies, Content Area Reading, Continuing Education
