Journal of College Reading and Learning articles from September 2001

Journal of College Reading and Learning archives from September 2001

Rethinking portfolio applications and assessment.
September 22, 2001... In developmental writing classrooms, where deficiencies in reflection and revision abound, portfolios have been found to be a useful method of instruction and document progress (Heerman & Maleki, 1994). Nevertheless, evaluating the...

How to create and use PowerPoint presentations to teach reading skills.
September 22, 2001... PowerPoint is an extremely useful and easy program to learn. Instructors may use PowerPoint to present visual and auditory information to support presentations at conferences, to support classroom lectures, and to have students present...

The effects of peer tutoring on undergraduate students' final examination scores in mathematics.
September 22, 2001... Current literature examining the benefits of tutoring at the postsecondary level indicates that the need for college tutoring is rising (Hock, Deshler & Schumaker, 1999; Houston & Lazenbatt, 1996; MacDonald, 1993; Topping & Watson, 1996). A...

How can awareness of gender identity improve the performance of students?
September 22, 2001... Overview The purpose of this article is to discuss how the writing classroom can impact students' understanding of self-identity. In particular, how can the writing classroom affect student awareness of themselves as gendered individuals?...

Improving cross-cultural text revision.
September 22, 2001... ESL students face special challenges when they try to put their ideas in writing because when they have to attend to content and form simultaneously, the form impedes the communication of the content (Watkins-Goffman & Berkowitz, 1991)....

Commentary: learning styles and higher education: a tool of inclusion or exclusion?
September 22, 2001... Almost a decade ago in a position paper published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Kolodny (1991), then dean of the faculty of humanities at the University of Arizona, reported on instructional research efforts being conducted at that...

Brief report: writing styles of college students.
September 22, 2001... Writing has long served both as a tool of instruction and of evaluation in higher education. Indeed, the integrative nature of writing combined with the rigor and complexity of the process make writing an ideal tactic for promoting learning at...

Translating learning style theory into university teaching practices: an article based on kolb's experiential learning model.
September 22, 2001... The concept of learning style as a construct that affects individual students' learning preferences is not new. Whether defined in terms of self-views (Combs, 1959), needs (Bills, 1959), personalities (Beard, 1970), individual attitudes (Gagne,...

Brief report: an introduction to learning styles for college teachers.
September 22, 2001... This is the first of a series of brief reports describing five approaches to learning styles that may be of interest to college teachers. A short background to learning styles will be presented, including some of the research that has been...

Case study: what knowledge is most worth knowing? Grammar, critical thinking, and revision in writing conferences.
September 22, 2001... Koji was eager to get a good grade. He was in the process of taking first-year composition during Spring session and applying for a scholarship to enter third-year Business at the university of his dreams. The compulsory communications course...

Response to "what knowledge is most worth knowing?".
September 22, 2001... Dueling Beliefs Cherished Belief #1: The writer should set the agenda of the session. versus Cherished Belief #2: Discussion of a draft should begin with larger issues, then proceed to localized issues. Julia, the tutor,...

The discourse of retrospective miscue analysis: links with adult learning theory.
September 22, 2001... Links between adult learning theories and college developmental reading instruction are, at the very least, implicitly realized by many college developmental reading programs (Vacca & Walker, 1980). Links between pedagogical methods originally...