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Benander, Ruth E.; Roach, Timothy L. – 1995
This paper discusses the similarities in the difficulties that developmental writers and non-native English speakers/writers bring to the classroom and how this can influence instructors' choices of pedagogical strategies. The paper proposes a method of teaching that encourages teacher comfort with basic writing such that student work remains the…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Grammar
McWhorter, Kathleen T. – 2000
This book provides students with the kind of extra help they will need to meet the demands of their first-year writing course as well as their other courses. Through its highly visual, student-centered approach, the book teaches basic skills and engages students immediately in the thinking-writing process, guiding them through the writing…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Cognitive Style, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
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Curry, Mary Jane – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2003
Analysis of the use of the skills model to teach basic writing to nontraditional English language learners in community college points out barriers to this approach, including wide variation in linguistic, cultural, and educational background and inability to help students transition to academic discourse. An academic socialization model using…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, English (Second Language)
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Grant, Michael C.; Pirrto, John – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1994
Describes a successful interdepartmental program at a major research-oriented university that melds freshman writing with freshman biology. Extensive, repeated feedback on individual student writing projects from two instructors appears to work synergistically so that student learning is significantly enhanced. Particulars derived from five years…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
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Giles, Timothy D. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1993
Explains how the search feature available with most word processing programs can reinforce grammar and proofreading skills, helping students focus on grammatical agreement, comma usage, and sentence fragments. Discusses student responses to the technique. (DMM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
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Sweedler-Brown, Carol O. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1991
Describes a study conducted at a large west coast state university, comparing holistic scores on developmental writing program final essays when the same essays were handwritten and computer typed. Reveals a bias against typed final essays, especially in essays which received high scores in the handwritten form. (DMM)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Bias, Computer Uses in Education, Essays
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Patthey-Chavez, G. Genevieve; Gergen, Constance – Journal of Basic Writing, 1992
Suggests that the cultural diversity of the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom can enhance instruction. Proposes application of Paulo Freire's problem-posing approach to teaching basic college writing in the multiethnic setting. Identifies teaching principles that have proven useful in urban testing. Discusses the integration of problem…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Classroom Environment, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)
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Roy, Emil L. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1993
Presents research that validates and refines a computerized system for grading placement exams. Compares computerized ratings to holistic scores, grades earned in courses, and other measures. Calls for additional research on larger populations and greater numbers of textual traits. (HB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Computer Uses in Education, English Instruction
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Schor, Sandra – Journal of Basic Writing, 1991
Describes an experimental six-week summer intensive course in basic writing in which the instructor assumes the identity of "Ms. Mystery" and exchanges weekly letters with each of the students. Provides excerpts as well as analysis of these letters and argues the efficacy of letter writing as a pedagogic tool. (KEH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence)
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Reagan, Sally Barr – Journal of Basic Writing, 1991
Uses a case study to illustrate the multitude of cultural and idiosyncratic factors which may influence the feelings and behaviors of basic writers at risk of failure. Suggests that rather than continually defining the basic writer, educators should begin to redefine and reexamine their roles and attitudes as teachers of basic writers. (MG)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Case Studies, High Risk Students, Higher Education
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Lang, Frederick K.; Moser, Janet – English in Texas, 1995
Describes a method of teaching basic writing to native and nonnative students that emphasizes a regression to the most basic elements of writing. Considers what writing content, rhetorical techniques, grammar exercises, and proofreading methods are most effective for the two groups. (TB)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, English (Second Language), Freshman Composition, Grammar
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Lovas, John – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2001
Describes two different experiments at De Anza College which illustrate coordinated teaching, a concept in which a group of faculty volunteer to work together for better instruction within the context of an existing program, maintaining their usual approaches to teaching a course, but allowing for collegial effort, some common work, and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Cooperative Planning, Course Descriptions, Freshman Composition
Del Principe, Ann – Journal of Basic Writing, 2004
Although basic writing has become a strong independent field with professionally sanctioned ways of making knowledge, what Stephen North refers to as "lore" still maintains a strong foundation in the field. This lore is often grounded in the belief in a linear paradigm of learning, and is to some degree fostered by traditional conceptions of basic…
Descriptors: Models, Writing Teachers, Basic Writing, Writing Instruction
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Madaus, Joseph W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
Selected subtests from the Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Achievement (Woodcock, McGrew, & Mather, 2001) were administered to three groups of university students. The groups included students with learning disabilities who received course substitutions for the institution's foreign language requirement, students with learning disabilities who…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Second Language Learning, Learning Disabilities, College Students
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Southard, Anne Hay; Clay, Jennifer K. – Community College Review, 2004
Community college developmental English students passed Composition I at a higher rate than did non-developmental students, confirming the effectiveness of developmental English courses. However, the lack of a significant relationship between placement test scores and students' grades in all writing-intensive courses raised concerns about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Writing, Student Placement, Developmental Studies Programs
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