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Exploring Visual Learning In The Basic Writing Classroom, Prince Michael Ferguson
Exploring Visual Learning In The Basic Writing Classroom, Prince Michael Ferguson
Theses Digitization Project
For many students in basic writing classrooms the language of writing assignments, essay prompts and required reading is especially difficult. Therefore, some teachers are using approaches other than logical or linguistic methods to assist these students. This thesis details some of the methods teachers and researchers are using. Most significant is a case study that explores the use of visuals in a basic writing classroom. The results of the case study and a survey instrument suggest that there is a niche for alternative methods and the use of visuals in the basic writing classroom.
The Challenges Of And Opportuniies In Using A Literature-Based Assignment In A Composition Class, Jeffrey Merrit Carman
The Challenges Of And Opportuniies In Using A Literature-Based Assignment In A Composition Class, Jeffrey Merrit Carman
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis explores issues surrounding the question of using a literature-based assignment to teach composition at the college freshman level. Following a review of the critical debate on the use of literature in the composition classroom, spanning the last five decades, a specific work of literature is used as the basis for a writing assignment to be given to a freshman composition class.
Alternative Pedagogies For College Composition, Diana Marie Ramseyer
Alternative Pedagogies For College Composition, Diana Marie Ramseyer
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis attempts to determine if the acquisition of rhetorical and grammatical skills such as a sense of audience and organization are best attained through an alternate pedagogy based on a methodology from Wendy Bishop or if they are better attained through a traditional approach.
Language, Myth, And Perceptions In Writing About The Natural Environment, William Laurence Redman
Language, Myth, And Perceptions In Writing About The Natural Environment, William Laurence Redman
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Teaching Basic Writing In The Midst Of The Great Literacy Debate, Robin Archibald
Teaching Basic Writing In The Midst Of The Great Literacy Debate, Robin Archibald
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Error Analysis As An Introduction To Interference In Indonesian Esl Composition, Dore Corr Sulistyo
Error Analysis As An Introduction To Interference In Indonesian Esl Composition, Dore Corr Sulistyo
Theses Digitization Project
An overview of the historical background of error analysis and interference issues, followed by a sample error analysis in a case study context. This investigation of errors is significant in bringing to light the impact on English student writing of the differnces between English versus the indirect nature of various levels of Indonesian.
Appropriate (Or Be Appropriated By) Academic Discourse: There Is A Text In This Class, James Ray Drake
Appropriate (Or Be Appropriated By) Academic Discourse: There Is A Text In This Class, James Ray Drake
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
English Composition And The Dyslexic/Learning Disabled Student, John William Almy
English Composition And The Dyslexic/Learning Disabled Student, John William Almy
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
"To Be" In Design, Travel And Nature: The Applicability Of E-Prime To Descriptive Writing, Margaret Jane Ashworth
"To Be" In Design, Travel And Nature: The Applicability Of E-Prime To Descriptive Writing, Margaret Jane Ashworth
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Topical Structure And Writing Quality: A Study Of Students' Expository Writing, Hsiao-Yu Chuang
Topical Structure And Writing Quality: A Study Of Students' Expository Writing, Hsiao-Yu Chuang
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Inferential Reasoning And The Needs Of Basic Writers, Paula Ferri-Milligan
Inferential Reasoning And The Needs Of Basic Writers, Paula Ferri-Milligan
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Equalizing The Composition Classroom: A Look At Who And What We Overlook And Strategies For Change, Jeannette Linda Riddell
Equalizing The Composition Classroom: A Look At Who And What We Overlook And Strategies For Change, Jeannette Linda Riddell
Theses Digitization Project
Educational equality -- Composition studies -- Lack of feminist articles in professional journals of composition/writing.
Revising Muses: Irrationality, Creativity, And Composition, Matt Cliff Cofer
Revising Muses: Irrationality, Creativity, And Composition, Matt Cliff Cofer
Theses Digitization Project
Supra-rational theories for the writing teacher -- Inspiration, intuition, emotion -- Irrationality and writing.
Revision: Reasons And Methods, Helen Jane Cerny Jones
Revision: Reasons And Methods, Helen Jane Cerny Jones
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.