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Article: Class Size and the Goals of the Writing Course: Exploring Classroom Management Strategies
- Article from:
- Research & Teaching in Developmental Education
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright New York College Learning Skills Association, Developmental Studies Department Spring 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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My thoughts about a topic for this issue turned repeatedly to workload and working conditions-what I had in mind was a practical discussion about classroom management strategies in relation to elements problematic to teachers of writing, class size being one example. Getting started, I wondered about relevant literature, specifically something focusing on standards or guidelines that would support faculty perceptions about workload. Shortly into my research on the topic, I was not surprised to find an approved position statement from the Executive Committee of the Conference of College Composition and Communication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Entitled "Statement ...