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Tessier, Jack T.; Tessier, Lisa M.; Gashler, Daniel; Levitt, Cheryle; London, Julie; West, Benjamin S.; Winters, Nancy – College Teaching, 2023
College faculty faces decisions about how to provide feedback on written work. We compared the quality of student writing and student impressions of feedback from both full and minimal markup methods. There was only one significant difference in the quality of writing or content between full and minimal markup. Students scored the functionality of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Instruction, Writing Improvement, Writing Skills
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Peltola, Arlene – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
A recent (2015) study conducted by the Society of Human Resource Managers concluded that nearly half of US employers, across industries, believe recent college graduates to be lacking in requisite competencies for communication, broadly, and writing, in particular. This paper describes an advanced writing course in public relations that seeks to…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Writing Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Advanced Courses
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Gallagher, H. Alix; Arshan, Nicole; Woodworth, Katrina – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Writing is an essential skill for participating in modern American society. Although it is crucial to careers and civic engagement, student writing falls far short of national expectations (College Board, 2004; NCES, 2012; Persky, Daane, & Jin, 2003). The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) seek to increase the rigor of writing instruction…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Writing Instruction, National Programs