Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 24, No. 1, February 1997

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• Collective Research at an Urban Community College

  C. Ann Ott

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  Abstract: Shows how to make room in the first-year composition course for unusual writings using collective research. Contains a narrative explaining how students devise their own topics and conduct their research in groups.

  Keywords: College, Writing

• A New Kind of Research Paper: Bridging the Gap between Reader Response and Formal

  Lisa Hamilton-Johnson

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  Abstract: Explores how two-year college students may be assisted in the transition from reader response criticism to literary analysis and research paper writing. Proposes a heuristic that requires student researchers to draw on previous student essays on their topic.

  Keywords: College, Pedagogy, Writing

• Glencoe 17

  Robert Haight

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  Abstract: Shows how a student-centered approach to teaching literature is more rewarding for the students and the teacher alike than traditional, highly regimented and textbook-driven approaches. Considers the difficulties posed by asking students to make the transition to student-centered literature study.

  Keywords: College, Literature, Pedagogy

• Emphasizing the "What If?" of Revision: Serial Collaboration and Quasi Hypertext

  Jane Lightcap Brown

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  Abstract: Suggests that students do a better job of revising their essays when more than one student has suggested possibilities for revision. Contains tips on training students in the process of peer reviewing.

  Keywords: College, Writing

• The Rewards of a Publication of Student Writings

  Peggy Boese, Mary Ellen Byrne, and Louise Silverman

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  Abstract: Argues that the publication of student writing from all levels of an English program motivates students, provides instructional material, and validates the process approach to teaching writing.

  Keywords: College, Pedagogy, Writing

• INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE · Sestinas and Villanelles from the Inner City

  Martha Modena Vertreace

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  Abstract: Shows how the modeling of established poetic forms can help community college students to write poetry.

  Keywords: College, Literature, Writing

• Those Unfamiliar Names and Faces: The Hiring, Management, and Evaluation of Part-

  Marlys M. Styne

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  Abstract: Examines the problems inherent in hiring part-time faculty at low wages to cover significant numbers of courses at community colleges. Suggests the system is wrought with unfairness and problems for all involved.

  Keywords: College, Administration

• EDITORIAL: Writing for Publication I

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• The Mad Professor Lectures Out of Doors

  William John Watkins

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  Keywords: College

• WHAT WORKS FOR ME

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• REVIEWS

  Patricia J. McAlexander and Carol A. Myers; E. W. Rasmussen; L. Eric Bateman; Linda J. Daigle; Judith A. Deisler; Judith A. Deisler; Janice Albert

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  Abstract: Reviews six books: City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College, by James Traub; The Writer's Presence, ed. by Donald McQuade and Robert Atwan; The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School, by Neil Postman; From Community to College: Reading and Writing across Diverse Contexts, by Jeff Sommers and Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson; Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only, by Linda Brodkey; Juxtapositions, by William Vesterman.

  Keywords: College

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