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Improving Academic Writing With The 6 + 1 Writing Traits, Elizabeth J. Sandell Jun 2010

Improving Academic Writing With The 6 + 1 Writing Traits, Elizabeth J. Sandell

Elementary and Literacy Education Department Publications

6 + 1 Writing Traits:

  • Ideas and Content
  • Organization
  • Voice
  • Word Choice
  • Sentence Fluency
  • Conventions
  • Presentation


Five Strategies For Successful Writing Of Reports And Essays, Kathleen P. King Feb 2010

Five Strategies For Successful Writing Of Reports And Essays, Kathleen P. King

Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education Faculty Publications

Many people cannot get started with their literary projects because they do not know where to start. In this brief article, I share insight from years of teaching students and professionals of all ages how to prepare professional work.


Resource Pack On Active Learning, Roisin Donnelly, Marian Fitzmaurice Jan 2010

Resource Pack On Active Learning, Roisin Donnelly, Marian Fitzmaurice

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Introduction - The massification of higher education is now a global phenomenon - Huge changes in the teaching and learning milieu within colleges - The forces of massification have brought multiple challenges with regard to pedagogy - What kind of pedagogy to employ? - The role of the lecturer is to empower learning and it is challenging and complex - There is a need to employ a pedagogy which requires students to do things, to access information, to solve problems, to reflect on what they are doing and make connections to real world problems.

Educational research has revealed a number …