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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with the following topics: (1) developmental differences in preschoolers' comprehension of WH-questions; (2) discourse analysis and early literacy in minority education; (3) effects of text structure on…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
Coleman, Daniel R.; Bolte, John R. – 1988
The quest for excellence in American higher education has been accompanied by the implementation of basic skills requirements and the corresponding assessment programs. Assessment results could provide feedback for curricular improvement, although they are frequently used as indicators of institutional quality. A study is presented that compared…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Black Students, College Curriculum
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Hesford, Wendy S. – Feminist Teacher, 1990
Focuses on autobiographical composition and storytelling to promote critical thinking and feminist inquiry in women's studies and composition courses. Analyzes the personal discovery of the author's own voice as a woman writer. Presents three activities designed to initiate dialogue and elicit stories. Outlines assignment in which students produce…
Descriptors: Authors, Autobiographies, College English, Consciousness Raising
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: a transformational analysis of syntax in tenth-grade writing; the relationship between inner-city fifth graders' reading comprehension and writing achievement; the relationship of the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Style
Brown, David G., Ed. – 2000
This book presents a collection of best practices in using instructional technology from 42 college campuses. In 93 brief, informal, and practical vignettes, professors show how they transformed courses with technology, discuss how the technology affects teaching and learning, and distill important lessons learned. The book is divided into two…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education
Allison, Desmond M., Ed.; Leung, Lily S. K., Ed. – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1991
Papers on linguistics and language teaching in this volume are the following: "'Good' and 'Poor' Writing and Writers: Studying Individual Performance as a Part of Test Validation" (Desmond Allison, Evelyn Cheung); "To Test or Not To Test: That Is the Question" (Keith Tong, Rose Chan, Jo Lewkowicz); "Testing Listening…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Watson, Samuel D., Jr. – 1987
Intended for classroom teachers of all grade levels, this annotated bibliography includes a wide range of theoretical and practical sources in the field of writing education. The bibliography is divided by topic into 27 sections, each of which is introduced by brief questions that suggest more specifically the kinds of research represented in that…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Community Influence
Woodward, Tessa, Ed. – The Teacher Trainer, 1990
This document consists of the three 1990 issues of "The Teacher Trainer," a journal for language teacher educators. The following articles appear in these issues: "Writing as a Learning Process in Teacher Education and Development"; "An 'Upside Down' Teacher Training Course"; "Training Teachers as Explainers: A…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Sutherland, Kenton, Ed. – 1977
This volume of CATESOL (California Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Occasional Papers includes the following: "ESL Adult Literacy," by Jack Wigfield; "Language Teaching as a Means to Self Knowledge, Self Acceptance, and Communication with Others," by Beverly Galyean; "Let Your Students Be Actors: Using Videotape…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education
Galvan, Jose L.; Kamhi-Stein, Lia – 1996
A proposed program in English as a Second Language (ESL) for limited-English-proficient students at California State University at Los Angeles (CSLA) is outlined. Eligible international students and recent immigrants and refugees would be identified and placed using a test of English for academic purposes. The proposed program would consists of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education)
Golebiowski, Zofia, Ed. – 1997
This selection of papers from the First Conference on Tertiary Literacy, which examined the role of literacy as a foundation for knowledge acquisition and dissemination that influences the academic success of tertiary students, presents a number of case studies of policy and practice in Australian universities. Keynote addresses included:…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Case Studies, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Kitao, Kenji; Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1995
The collection of papers on the teaching of English as a second language includes: "Teaching English in Japan"; "Reading and Evaluating Quantitative Research"; "Transformational Generative Grammar and Language Teaching"; "Process and Social Aspects of Writing: Theory and Classroom Application";…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Contrastive Linguistics
Howard, Jeffrey, Ed. – 1993
This book is addressed to faculty trying to incorporate or use community service learning in their courses. The 17 papers are grouped into those on generic issues, on undergraduate course models, and on graduate course models. The papers are: "Community Service in the Curriculum" (Jeffrey Howard); (2) "Preparing Students to Learn…
Descriptors: Architecture, Biology, Case Studies, Citizenship Education
Lang, Gay, Ed. – 1995
This volume is a catalogue of exemplary educational programs and includes current descriptions of most programs described in previous editions as well as new programs approved for national dissemination since publication of the last edition in 1994. In particular the volume describes programs approved by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
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Peretz, Arna – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2005
This paper describes a graduate-level scientific/academic writing course for non-native speakers (NNS) of English at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel, which is taught in a technology-enhanced or blended learning environment. The use and integration of electronic discourses, such as email and Powerpoint, on-screen marking…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Discourse, Information Technology, Electronic Learning
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