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Suggested Practices For Teaching Developmental Writing To Postsecondary Students Who Are Deaf, Sue Livingston
Suggested Practices For Teaching Developmental Writing To Postsecondary Students Who Are Deaf, Sue Livingston
Publications and Research
A LaGuardia Community College course in developmental writing for deaf students features small class size and teachers fluent in American Sign Language. Teaching practices include reading of model essays on topics of interest to deaf students, peer feedback on the first two drafts of writing assignments, and student "reading aloud" of essays in English-like sign language.
Homework, An Educational Instructional Technique Used In The Middle School Special Education Classroom, Charles R. Murphy
Homework, An Educational Instructional Technique Used In The Middle School Special Education Classroom, Charles R. Murphy
Theses & Honors Papers
The assignment patterns, frequency, and perceptions of homework as an educational instructional device was investigated in middle school special education classroom teachers. A general topic questionnaire was generated and administered to each of the middle school special education teachers who volunteered for this study. A population sample was used in the survey to represent, determine, and investigate the application of homework as an instructional technique. The survey also referenced specific questions on teachers' attitudes and perspectives on whether homework should be employed as a device to improve learning, comprehension, and retention of materials being presented in the classroom. The results …
Front Matter, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
Front Matter, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Editor's Message
Many of us come out of formal and advanced training in writing. We are at home with the humanities: philosophy, drama, the arts, aesthetics. We connect easily to both the teaching of literature and to literary exegesis. Ideas about literacy come easily to us.
We need to be aware of work being done in the field outside our focus in writing, literature, and language. Connections need to be made between us and other members of our cultural tapestry. Every once in a while someone tells me about the name of a book, an organization, or a journal that …
Jaepl, Vol. 2, Winter 1996-1997, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
Jaepl, Vol. 2, Winter 1996-1997, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Essays
Jean Trounstine. Sacred Spaces. Drama in the prison classroom teaches that transgression can enhance spirituality.
Irene Papoulis. Spirituality and Composition: One Teacher's Thoughts. The author explores her ambivalence about combining her interest in spirituality and her composition teaching.
George Kalamaras. Meditative Silence and Reciprocity: The Dialogic Implications for 'Spiritual Sites of Composing. Recent studies of silence must focus on the dialogical nature of Eastern meditation, examining the values of meditative awareness and social theories of reciprocity.
Christopher Ferry. When the Distressed Teach the Oppressed: Toward an Understanding of Communion and Commitment. Jane Tompkins' adaptation of Paulo Freire's educational philosophy …
Spirituality And Composition: One Teacher's Thoughts, Irene Papoulis
Spirituality And Composition: One Teacher's Thoughts, Irene Papoulis
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
The author explores her ambivalence about combining her interest in spirituality and her composition teaching.
Meditative Silence And Reciprocity: The Dialogic Implications For "Spiritual Sites Of Composing", George Kalamaras
Meditative Silence And Reciprocity: The Dialogic Implications For "Spiritual Sites Of Composing", George Kalamaras
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Recent studies of silence must focus on the dialogical nature of Eastern meditation, examining the values of meditative awareness and social theories of reciprocity.
Diversity And Dialogue In Reforming The Academic Community, Mary Louise Buley-Meissner
Diversity And Dialogue In Reforming The Academic Community, Mary Louise Buley-Meissner
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Affirming multiculturalism in higher education should include discussions of students' spiritual diversity.
Transcending Gender: Toward A New Awareness Of The Fluid Self In Writing, Jack Ramey
Transcending Gender: Toward A New Awareness Of The Fluid Self In Writing, Jack Ramey
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
The constructs of the male and female in the gendered self are not binary opposites but interlocking halves of an inseparable whole.
Re-Visioning Psychology In The Writing Class, Dennis Young
Re-Visioning Psychology In The Writing Class, Dennis Young
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
With its emphasis on soul-work and the imaginal frames of psyche, archetypal psychology helps teachers more fully interpret the motivations and intricacies of writing and learning.
Reviews, Lisa Langstraat, Linda T. Calendrillo, Judith Bradshaw-Brown, Frances Jo Grossman
Reviews, Lisa Langstraat, Linda T. Calendrillo, Judith Bradshaw-Brown, Frances Jo Grossman
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Lisa Langstraat. The Epistemic Music of Rhetoric: Toward the Temporal Dimension of Affect in Reader Response and Writing. (Steven B. Katz, 1996).
Linda T Calendrillo. Images in Language, Media, and Mind. (Roy F. Fox, Ed., 1994).
Judith Bradshaw-Brown. The Tao of Teaching. (Greta Nagel, 1994).
Frances Jo Grossman. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. (Anne Lamott, 1994)
Back Matter, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
Back Matter, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
No abstract provided.
Performance Of School-Age Children Of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Five Case Studies, Susan Larson Wallace
Performance Of School-Age Children Of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Five Case Studies, Susan Larson Wallace
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study was to examine the social and learning performance of school age children of prenatal cocaine exposure. The Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC) was used along with interviews, observations and document analysis for each individual case studied. The data collected through these methods was coded and examined for patterns and relationships in each case, and across cases.;Data analysis revealed that each case varied in the effects exhibited on a continuum from subtle to severe, as indicated in the literature. Social and behavioral patterns appeared to be most severely affected, while the language area was found …
Sacred Spaces, Jean Trounstine
Sacred Spaces, Jean Trounstine
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Drama in the prison classroom teaches that transgression can enhance spirituality.
From Writers To Writer/Designers, Margaret Batschelet, Linda Woodson
From Writers To Writer/Designers, Margaret Batschelet, Linda Woodson
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Instructors should extend the idea of thought in word only to possibilities offered by the visual.
Break Point: The Challenges Of Teaching Multicultural Education Courses, Arlette Ingram Willis, Shuaib J. Meacham
Break Point: The Challenges Of Teaching Multicultural Education Courses, Arlette Ingram Willis, Shuaib J. Meacham
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Teaching multicultural education courses to preservice teachers exacts an emotional toll as they begin to acknowledge their ethnic awareness.
When The Distressed Teach The Oppressed: Toward An Understanding Of Communion And Commitment, Christopher Ferry
When The Distressed Teach The Oppressed: Toward An Understanding Of Communion And Commitment, Christopher Ferry
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Jane Tompkins' adaptation of Paulo Freire's educational philosophy is critiqued through exploring the spiritual basis of his idea of the "Easter experience."
Aiding Aids Through Writing: A Study And Bibliography, Emily Nye
Aiding Aids Through Writing: A Study And Bibliography, Emily Nye
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
A writing group at an HIV clinic generated four kinds of narratives, each with a different healing function. A selected bibliography follows.