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Matkin, Ralph E.; Riggar, T. F. – 1991
This book describes a variety of publication experiences and reflections and offers guidelines on academic writing for college and university faculty to increase productivity and achievement in the "publish or perish" academic world. Chapter 1 defines academic writing and compares its characteristics with teaching. Chapter 2 discusses…
Descriptors: Authors, College Faculty, Creative Writing, Faculty Promotion
Long, Thomas L.; Pedersen, Christine – 1992
A computer-oriented, classroom-based research project was conducted at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia, to explore the ways in which students in a composition and literature class might use a local area network (LAN) as a catalyst to critical thinking, to construct a decentralized classroom, and to use various forms of…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
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Garrett, Peter; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
A study of mother tongue (MT) use in second-language classrooms was conducted in United Kingdom primary schools in two bilingual settings: North Wales (Welsh/English) and Lancashire (Mirpur Punjabi/English). Prewriting activities were carried out with comparable pairs of classes (MT or English, second language). Although attitudes in the MT groups…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Mace, Jane – 2002
The author uses the diverse role of scribes in different periods of time and different places as a lens through which to understand both literacy and illiteracy. Examples from fiction, film, social history, and interviews with various individuals, including adult literacy teachers, are used to support the following arguments: (1) moments of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Definitions
Masny, Diana; Foxall, Justine – 1992
A study investigated links between writing apprehension, preferred writing processes, and academic achievement in 28 adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). One group was of varying language background in an intensive intermediate ESL class and the other consisted of francophone Canadians in an evening intermediate ESL writing class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Arabic
Delta Pi Epsilon Society, Little Rock, AR. – 1999
This publication contains 22 refereed research papers, 4 refereed action research and classroom application papers, and 3 research training papers from a national conference on promoting excellence in research and teaching for business. The research papers are "Analysis of Executives' Written Documents" (Jennings, Vice); "Assessment…
Descriptors: Action Research, Business Communication, Business Education, Citations (References)
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