NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards3
Showing 361 to 375 of 693 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Adler-Kassner, Linda; Reynolds, Thomas – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1996
Discusses the rationale for working with computers as reading tools in a basic writing classroom and describes some of the teaching activities used in computer classrooms at the University of Minnesota's General College. (TB)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hagemann, Julie Ann – English Journal, 2003
Suggests that the best writing curriculum for second language students is one that balances content and form, that calls for an attention to writing process and to written product, and that draws on knowledge from both teacher and student. Describes the "focus on form" approach the author uses in her mainstream basic writing class, as well as some…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Slattery, Patrick J. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1990
Presents the findings and pedagogical implications of a study that focused on intellectual orientation and multiple-source writing. Suggests that first-year college students who write from multiple sources can approach divergent points of view from a variety of intellectual orientations. (MG)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Greene, Brenda M. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1992
Conducts a case study of the problem identification and resolution strategies of three basic writers. Finds that basic writers are capable of evaluating surface-level problems and rhetorical problems in both their own and peers' texts if instructors provide them with opportunities to do so. (RS)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Case Studies, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Agnew, Eleanor – Journal of Basic Writing, 1992
Studies how formerly weak writers manage to write adequately for their jobs. Concludes that the rhetorical, psychological, and social environment of the workplace fosters better writing in basic writers than the academic environment. Recommends writing across the curriculum for duplicating the workplace-writing content in college writing classes.…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Higher Education, Work Environment, Writing Across the Curriculum
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Posey, Evelyn J. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1993
Reviews studies on the effects of introducing word processing to basic writers. Presents the findings of an original pilot study which concludes that computer instruction causes basic students to write more. Suggests ways of improving instruction and obtaining more consistent results in future studies. (HB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Classroom Research, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Middendorf, Marilyn – Journal of Basic Writing, 1992
Describes a method by which teachers can introduce students to meaning and text through application of Mikhail Bakhtin's discourse theories. Explains that students are encouraged to reject common understandings of good writing. Identifies "daffy" definition exercises, newspaper editorial comparisons, and other activities that help…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Definitions, Discourse Analysis, Editorials
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Benson, Beverly; And Others – Journal of Basic Writing, 1992
Presents findings of a study comparing compositions by beginning writing and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students at a two-year college. Reports similarities in the groups' topic choices, topic sentence use, and expository development. Reveals that ESL students tended to write shorter papers containing more sentence level errors. Discusses…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Expository Writing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hindman, Jane E. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1993
Contends that evaluations of student writing come not from some transcendent realm but from the discursive practices by which teachers authorize themselves within a given community. Argues that basic writers need explicit knowledge of such practices, and proposes a language-centered curriculum to teach it. (HB)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Discourse Modes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lu, Min-zhan – Journal of Basic Writing, 1991
Argues that Mina Shaughnessy's view of language as a politically innocent vehicle of meaning overlooks basic writers' need to confront the dissonance they experience between academic and other discourses. Suggests educators need to abandon the limitations of the essentialist view of language informing their pedagogy. (KEH)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lazere, Donald – Journal of Basic Writing, 1991
Examines the debate initiated by Thomas J. Farrell's 1983 article, "IQ and Standard English." Suggests the importance of social class in assessing the situation of basic writers coming to college from predominately oral cultures, who are generally unprepared to write critically, follow complex lines of argument, or handle new vocabulary…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Adams, Peter Dow – Journal of Basic Writing, 1993
Questions whether the benefits of separating basic writers into homogeneous classes continue to outweigh the disadvantages. Proposes that teachers gather data about success rates of current basic writing courses (using "mainstreamed" volunteer basic writers) and revise first-year composition courses to ensure they will respond to a wider range of…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Homogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Davis, Judith Rae – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1991
Examines the work of representative scholars in the field of basic writing in terms of their pedagogical and theoretical assumptions about teaching academic discourse. Categorizes the scholarship into two theoretical schools of thought (i.e., inner-directed and outer-directed) and two pedagogical camps (i.e., freedom-directed and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Educational Theories, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Thorne, Sheila – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1992
Addresses the problem of oversimplification among basic writers. Investigates the strategies and assumptions of basic writers in moving to oversimplify their writing. Presents case studies involving basic writers and analyzes them to determine the causes of oversimplification. (HB)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Case Studies, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Thorpe, Dean – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Describes the various "affective filters" that inhibit basic writers from learning to write. Suggests principles for avoiding such inhibitions among basic writers. Claims that such principles are an effective way of fostering writing development among basic writers. (HB)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, High Schools
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  21  |  22  |  23  |  24  |  25  |  26  |  27  |  28  |  29  |  ...  |  47