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Oer Guide For Wr 227 Instructors: Using Open Educational Resources (Oers) In Wr 227 Courses, Sarah Read, Jordana Bowen, Henry Covey
Oer Guide For Wr 227 Instructors: Using Open Educational Resources (Oers) In Wr 227 Courses, Sarah Read, Jordana Bowen, Henry Covey
PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources
The "OER Guide for WR 227 Instructors: Using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in WR 227 Courses" aims to help instructors make sense of and sort the massively decentralized and varying content of existing OERs available to support technical and professional writing courses. This guide is intended as a resource for introductory technical writing course instructors to adapt an existing course to integrate OER resources, or, to build a new course with all-OER student resources. This guide was developed for the specific use of WR 227 instructors at Portland State University and across Oregon; however, the material in the guide or …
The Eloquent Letter, Daneen Bergland
The Eloquent Letter, Daneen Bergland
University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” The Eloquent Letter is an authentic, adaptable assignment for acquiring critical skills: identifying and researching social problems, examining value systems and diverse perspectives, communicating effectively, and proposing solutions based on common ground. Moving beyond traditional argumentation essays and debates, this project situates activism and writing “in its native habitat.”
Students identify and research a social problem or issue and write and send a persuasive letter, asking for specific action toward addressing the issue. This assignment is meant to assess DQP proficiencies in Broad and Integrative Knowledge, Intellectual skills, …
Empoword: A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook For College Writers, Shane Abrams
Empoword: A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook For College Writers, Shane Abrams
PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources
EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student writing to exemplify effective writing strategies, celebrating dedicated college writing students to encourage and instruct their successors: the students in your class.
Through both creative and traditional activities, readers are encouraged to explore a variety of rhetorical situations to become more critical agents of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in all facets of their lives. Straightforward and readable instruction sections introduce key vocabulary, concepts, and strategies. Three culminating assignments (Descriptive Personal Narrative; Text-Wrestling Analysis; Persuasive Research Essay) give students a chance to …
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.
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
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"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
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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
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