Arts and Humanities Commons^™

Using Pre-Instruction Questionnaires To Improve The Small Group Writing Class, Bryan Bardine

English Faculty Publications

A pre-instruction questionnaire was used with two small group writing classes at Goodwill Industries of the Miami Valley, Inc. (Ohio). The questionnaire was designed to provide as much information as possible about the students' knowledge and background in writing. The survey had four purposes: determine what kinds of writing students currently did or had done in the past, identify what types of writing interested the students, get each student's view of his/her writing, and determine whether students had thought about what personal goals they wanted to achieve by completing the course. Five categories of questions were included. The first set …

Responding To Students’ Writing: A Research Review And Suggestions For Abe And Ged Teachers, Bryan Bardine

English Faculty Publications

"Awkward" "Nice" "Word choice" "Weak" "Vague"

As adult educators and teachers of writing, most of us have been guilty of writing some, if not all, of these comments on our students' papers. It is important that we understand the effect that our written comments can have on our students' work, and the role that we play in their writing development as the reader of their texts. We need to acknowledge that not all comments we write, regardless of the intent, help our students.

By knowing this we can respond to our students' written work in ways that will enable them …

Annotated Bibliography Of Writing Resources, Bryan Bardine

English Faculty Publications

This bibliography contains books, articles, and Internet addresses that would be helpful for teachers looking for new strategies or theories about the teaching of writing. Along with each bibliographic entry is a very brief summary or explanation of the work. Many of these works were not geared specifically for adult education teachers of writing; however, most of the points in them are easily transferred to the adult education classroom. Bibliographic entries with an asterisk next to the author's name are available for loan from the OLRC library. Those works not having an asterisk should be easily available at most libraries. …