A Comparative Study of Traditional and Self-Paced Methods of Teaching Freshmen English Composition at the Northern Virginia Community College.

Autor/in	Loritsch, Richard Harold
Titel	A Comparative Study of Traditional and Self-Paced Methods of Teaching Freshmen English Composition at the Northern Virginia Community College.
Quelle	(1976), (118 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, The George Washington University...
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; College Freshmen; Conventional Instruction; Doctoral Dissertations; Educational Research; English Instruction; Essay Tests; Expository Writing; Higher Education; Programed Instruction; Teaching Methods; Writing Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Schriftlicher Sprachgebrauch; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	Traditional and self-paced methods of teaching college freshman composition were compared in this study of pretest and posttest essays written by selected freshman English composition classes. The 96 pretests and posttests obtained were rated analytically for unity, organization, development, style, and mechanics. Analysis of covariance indicated no significant differences between the two approaches, for total score, unity, style, organization, or mechanics; but the traditional students showed a more significant increase in the development score than did the self-paced students. Comparison of pretest scores with posttest scores indicated that the group, as a whole, had improved its total score and scores for unity, organization, development, and style, during the quarter of composition instruction. (Author/AA)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01