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Kneeshaw, Stephen – Social Studies, 1992
Describes a method for integrating writing into history classes. Suggests keeping writing assignments short and simple, rather than assigning a long paper that will be a burden to the instructor during grading. Discusses journal writing, pretest writing exercises, and microthemes written on a single index card. (DK)
Descriptors: Higher Education, History Instruction, Journal Writing, Learning Activities
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McAndrew, Donald A. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1986
Examines research on the causes of writing apprehension. Profiles high-apprehensive writers, characterizes their written products, and describes their writing processes. Suggests four procedures for dealing with writing apprehension: peer group workshops; positive reinforcement; teaching about writing process, and gradually increasing students'…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Learning Theories, Self Esteem, Teaching Methods
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Joram, Elana; And Others – Computers and Composition, 1990
Investigates the writing attitudes and text editing skills of students with considerable experience using word-processing systems toward word processing for different phases of the writing process. Finds the students are poor at text editing and typing. Finds that the students prefer paper and pencil for composing first drafts and prefer word…
Descriptors: Editing, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Process Approach (Writing)
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Crafton, Robert E. – Computers and Composition, 1996
Notes that online writing environments can lead basic writers to focus on the instrumental nature of language and technology, construe writing as performance, and see revision as error correction. Explores computer use as an aid in the process of composition in a one-credit computer lab course. Finds that basic writers face significant…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Mahiri, Jabari; Godley, Amanda J. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1998
Studies the life story and perceptions of literacy of a highly literate Latina female college student who developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Finds that the woman's ability to write had been the foundation on which her social meanings of literacy rested: her life story revealed how her identity was influenced by societal values for writing and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Injuries
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Schultz, Katherine – Research in the Teaching of English, 2002
Draws on a longitudinal study of urban adolescents' literacy practices. Argues for a focus on students' writing practices both in and out of school to develop a comprehensive understanding of their capacities in the classroom. Suggests the importance of looking outside the physical space of schools and beyond the time that students are in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Secondary Education, Social Influences
Venezky, Dick, Ed.; Sittig, Linda, Ed. – 1995
Developed by national reading experts for "reading partners" to use with children, ages birth to grade 6, this booklet presents activities that help very young children to get ready for reading and writing, and guide older children to expand their reading and writing interests and skills. The booklet has three sections, one for…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Early Childhood Education, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Nicholson, Mary-Jo S. – 1996
A study compared the progress of children encouraged to use inventive spelling with those encouraged to use traditional spelling in their creative writing. It was hypothesized that there would not be a significant difference in the writing samples produced in terms of their length or degree of elaboration. Participants were two second-grade…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creative Writing, Invented Spelling, Primary Education
Gruber, Sibylle – 1997
This paper draws on research that was conducted in a computer-mediated basic writing class taught during the Fall of 1994--the study focused on how computer mediated communication influences students' discourse strategies. The paper discusses how the act of "writing up" a research report constructed the subjectivity of the researcher and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Computer Mediated Communication, Higher Education, Language Role
Desser, Daphne – 1995
With each technological advancement--telephone, automobile, television, and modem--people gain convenience, efficiency, and speed; they lose immediacy, real as opposed to virtual community, and physicality. At a writer's computer conference, journal writers who have used a diary with a lock and key to keep writings private wonder how to reconcile…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Higher Education, Journal Writing, Personal Writing
Zajac, Robert J. – 1992
In a study of children's production of narratives written in collaboration with a friend, with an acquaintance (nonfriend), or in an individual performance, a total of 64 fourth graders were asked to write stories over a 2-week period. The study was designed to address two questions: (1) How does the friendship relationship affect stories written…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Elementary School Students, Friendship
Crerand, Mary E. Lavin – 1994
A study investigated the following questions: (1) How does writing develop in a foreign language context? (2) What are the learners' perceptions of writing in a foreign language? (3) What is the influence of first language literacy skills on second language writing? (4) What is the influence of second language proficiency on second language…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, French, Higher Education
Dobie, Ann B. – 1992
A semester-long study examined the needs and goals of adult students. Subjects, 22 adults over the age of 25 years, were selected to represent, as much as possible, a cross section of the older students likely to be found in freshman English courses at a large but not highly selective university. Data included questionnaires completed by the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Research, College English, Freshman Composition
Levin, Jill – 1993
A practicum was developed to empower pre-service teachers to become more confident in their attempts to motivate and encourage young children to write. Emphasis was placed on the use of holistic philosophies relating to writing, in contrast to more conventional methodologies. Student participants included junior teacher candidates enrolled in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Preservice Teacher Education, Primary Education
Meagher, Eileen M. – 1993
A study examined the expectations of incoming University of Tennessee at Chattanooga freshmen about an hour-long placement essay. Subjects, 96 randomly chosen students, responded to a series of 5 questions concerning what an essay is, what kinds of writing they had done, how they feel about writing tests, what topics they had written about in…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Essays, High Schools, Higher Education
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