Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 32, No. 3, March 2005

Table of Contents

• Standardized Testing and the College Composition Instructor

  Gregory Shafer

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  Abstract: Can we expect students to craft papers that exude energy and insight when they have been subjected to twelve years of carefully orchestrated official writing?

  Keywords: College

• Character Reference: Poem

  Harry V. Moore

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• High School Writing Practices in the Age of Standards: Implications for College Composition

  Miles McCrimmon

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  Abstract: This article examines the ideological assumptions and practical consequences of recent state and federal attempts to standardize writing instruction at the secondary level, and it suggests alternative forms of assessment and classroom research available to teachers of composition in high school and college.

  Keywords: College

• How Far Do They Get? Tracking Students with Different Academic Literacies through Community College Remediation

  G. Genevieve Patthey-Chavez, Paul H. Dillon, and Joan Thomas-Spiegel

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  Abstract: This study follows the progress of 238,032 students who enrolled in either an ESL composition, a developmental composition, or a college composition course at one of nine community colleges for a minimum of three and a maximum of eleven years.

  Keywords: College

• INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Rotating Teacher Participation n Workshop Groups

  Moira E. Casey

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  Abstract: Rotating teacher participation in peer workshop groups can enhance the workshop group dynamics, ease instructors’ grading loads, and improve the level of peer feedback and draft revision in composition courses.

  Keywords: College

• Building ESL Students' Linguistic and Academic Literacy through Content-Based Interclass Collaboration

  Loretta F. Kasper and Saundra Tara Weiss

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  Abstract: Interclass collaboration in the context of an in-depth interdisciplinary discussion and analysis of global problems yields significant benefits in the development of ESL students’ sense of efficacy, their literacy, and their critical thinking skills.

  Keywords: College

• Illustrating the Reading Process: The In-Class Read-Aloud Protocol

  Jeff Sommers

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  Abstract: The author finds that letting students see his own struggles with reading encourages them to feel greater confidence and eases the way for productive interventions in the process.

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• Exchange: Poem

  Jeffrey Klausman

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• The Teacher/Scholar: Reconstructing Our Professional Identity in Two-Year Colleges

  Jeff Andelora

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  Abstract: This essay examines the internal and external challenges two-year college English faculty face in gaining recognition for the work they do in the field of composition.

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• EDITORIAL: Teaching to Standards

  Howard Tinberg

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• WHAT WORKS FOR ME

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• SPECIAL SECTION: Forum, the Newsletter of the Committee on Contingent, Adjunct, and Part-Time Faculty (CAP)

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• REVIEWS AND RESPONSES: The Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and Their Readers

  Linda Boynton and Angus Dunstan

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• TYCA TO YOU

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