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Analysis Project
This classroom application of authentic,
problem-based learning was presented by Tami Sloane Thrasher, English
instructor at Piedmont Community College at the North Carolina
Conference of English Instructors' Fall Conference 2001 at Wrightsville
Beach, North Carolina, on October 29, 2001. This presentation provides
practical examples of collaborative activities for ENG 111 using
real-world writing. Assignments are designed to integrate higher-order
abilities (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) and multiple assessment
strategies.
- American Diploma Project
Resources
The American Diploma Project is a nationwide
initiative to upgrade America's public schools. This Web page is
provided by CEI to inform North Carolina Community College instructors
of the implications of this project for English courses. This page
provides important resources for student learning outcomes and
assessment.
- Authentic
Learning Theory and Applications
Tami Sloane Thrasher,
English instructor at Piedmont Community College, presented a
demonstration of authentic learning, or problem-based learning, at the
North Carolina Conference of English Instructors' Fall Conference 2001
at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on October 29, 2001. She provided
learning theory and practical examples of collaborative activities for
ENG 111 using real-world writing. She designs all her assignments to
integrate higher-order abilities (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation)
and multiple assessment strategies.
- Climbing Mt.
Sinai in English
"A wall of mountains rose around us, black
as night itself, their tops only faint lines against a paler sky.
Somewhere in the darkness was Mt. Sinai, which we would climb at
midnight, hoping to reach the summit by sunrise." So begins this essay
in which the author attempts to climb Mt. Sinai...but discovers on the
way that her English composition class is in her pack.
- Film Report
"Film
Report Assignment: Plot, Structure, and Meaning" by Rick Lewis of
Sandhills Community College describes an assignment for students to look
for different types of film narrative patterns and use those to find
the meaning behind the conflicts and resolution in a film. The
assignments includes evaluation criteria and resources for researching a
film and narrative patterns used in films.
- The
Freshman Course Novel
"The Freshman Course Novel: An
All-campus Read to Create Community" by JoAnn Buck explains how Guilford
Technical Community College created community within its college and
the Greater Greensboro Area through involving students and community in
the study of one novel and its author.
- I Hate English
Do you remember your first days as an English teacher? Can you
remember the first time you heard a student say, "I hate English"?
Award-winning author and English Professor Barbara Cole remembers her
early days as an English teacher and remembers also why she became an
English teacher in the first place.
- Statement
of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing
In
October 1989, the Conference on College Composition and Communication
(CCCC) adopted this statement on commitment to educational quality,
professional standards that promote quality education (tenure-line
faculty, graduate students, part-time faculty, and full-time temporary
faculty), and teaching conditions necessary for quality education.
- Throw
Your Students Out of the Classroom!
This teaching assignment
was presented by Clemellyn H. Welch, lead English instructor at Central
Carolina Community College at the North Carolina Conference of English
Instructors' Fall Conference 2001 at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina,
on October 29, 2001. The presentation is a three-phase English 114
assignment during which students move beyond the college setting to
explore their chosen careers. The project requires students to
accomplish multiple tasks: setting up and conducting an interview,
preparing a written report of interview results, and making an oral
presentation of these results.
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