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Maxwell, Rhoda J.; Meiser, Mary Jordan – 1997
Offering a comprehensive view of teaching that takes into account the great variety of backgrounds, abilities, and interests of secondary students, this book uses a holistic, integrated approach to teaching the English language arts, including group activities throughout to provide listening and speaking opportunities in literature, composition,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, English Instruction, Grammar, Holistic Approach
Woodruff, Barbara Bilson, Ed.; And Others – Inside English, 1991
With each issue focusing on different themes, volume 18 of "Inside English" looks at he revitalizing literature, teaching as a subversive activity, writing at all levels, and the English classroom of the 1990's. In addition to regular columns on the English Council of California Two-Year Colleges (ECCTYC) and legislative concerns, the following…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1992
During the spring 1992 term, James Monroe High School piloted Learning 100 On-Line, a remedial reading/literacy computer program developed by Educational Developmental Laboratories, Inc. The program, which was developed for junior high and high school students and adults reading at or below grade level, was implemented in two…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attendance Patterns, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1993
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of literature and writing. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities in which students choose their favorite…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Creative Writing, Educational Games
Lyons, Linda – 1994
Jersey City State College (New Jersey) developed a local evaluation model to assess all salient aspects of the institution's basic skills program. The college's Academic Foundations Program was implemented to address the needs of urban educationally disadvantaged students. It includes faculty and staff development and research, freshman course…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment
Rakes, Thomas A. – 1982
A four-day workshop designed to acquaint faculty members with teaching strategies for combining basic reading skills in English composition was evaluated as very effective by the seven workshop participants. The evaluation results indicated that interdisciplinary staff development seminars can be beneficial to faculty from varied content areas.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Programs, Content Area Reading, English Instruction
Adult Literacy and Technology Project, San Ramon, CA. – 1989
This second issue of an annotated listing of educational software suitable for use with adult basic education (ABE) students was compiled through reviews of software by ABE teachers and their students for its effectiveness and appropriateness to adult literacy instruction. The featured programs include drill and practice, simulations, educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews
Kaufmann, Felice A., Ed. – 1987
Contributed by high school English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration with such activities as examining the…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English Instruction
PDF pending restorationLyons, J. Doyle – 1990
Upon entry to New River Community College (NRCC), placement tests are administered to students enrolling in curricula and to students enrolling in English and mathematics classes. Based on preestablished cutoff scores on the placement tests, students are advised by counselors to take appropriate courses. In 1990, NRCC tracked students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1985
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 28 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of superlearning on retention/hypermnesia of rare English words in college students; (2) a Delphi study of American, British, and Canadian English…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Davis, Ken, Ed. – Kentucky English Bulletin, 1986
Noting that despite the homogenizing influence of the mass media, the United States remains a land of regions, this focused journal issue celebrates regionalism (especially Kentucky regionalism) by exploring its implications for the teaching of English and language arts. The articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Literacy and…
Descriptors: Authors, Black Community, Black Literature, Creative Writing
Rush, R. Timothy – 1987
The average worker spends 2.5 hours per day in occupational reading or writing, yet most classrooms fail to teach the reading and writing competencies required in skilled and semi-skilled job contexts. Occupational reading requires use of external references and following of directions, with a heavy dependence on prior knowledge and on insight.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Lee, Ronald T., Ed. – 1988
One of eight guides in the Arts and Learning series, this guide, which was originally developed through the arts in education program of Homer Central School, New York, contains 25 classroom strategies (prototype units or prototype instructional strategies) that can be used by teachers to infuse the arts into their teaching of language…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Community Resources, Creative Development
Carson, David L., Ed. – 1978
Prepared by representatives of industry, government, and the educational community, the papers in this collection were drawn from a conference that addressed a variety of issues of interest to the field of technical communication. Specific topics discussed in the papers are as follows: (1) the role of the Society for Technical Communication in…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computers, Course Content, Design
Adaye, Abebe Alaro – 1982
This paper reports on past educational objectives of the old political regime in Ethiopia and new educational objectives of revolutionary Ethiopia. It is reported that these new objectives focus on education for production, scientific research, and socialist consciousness, and that all subjects are based on Marxism-Leninism. Curricular objectives…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Communism, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives
