02765nam a22003732u 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160070014000330080041000470370019000880400036001071000023001432450120001662600068002863000010003545000186003645201294005505330081018446500034019256500029019596500037019886500038020256500031020636500029020946500033021236500030021566500036021866500032022226500032022546530015022866530021023016550036023226550033023585478389BD-DhUL20161120154035.0he u||024||||080220s1986    xxu ||| b     ||| s eng d  aED281227bERIC  aericdbengcericddMvIdBD-DhUL1 aMillard, Thomas L.10aActive Learningh[microform] :bThe Equilibrium between Student Writing and Critical Thinking /cThomas L. Millard.  a[Washington, D.C.] :bDistributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,c1983.  a12 p.  aERIC Note: Paper presented at the Regional Conference on University Teaching (2nd, Las Cruces, NM, January 9-10, 1986). For the Proceedings of the conference, see ED 276 328.5ericd  aGraduate students at Montclair State College (New Jersey) were given the option of writing a journal article for publication in lieu of composing a standard term paper. The students were instructed to write essays, not research-focused papers, since the requirements for the latter were too time-consuming and perhaps beyond students' level of experience. They were allowed to submit their articles to the journal of their choice, as long as they observed the journal's editorial requirements; protocol for submitting manuscripts was discussed in class. A professional writer spoke to the students about the review process and prepared them for the possibility of rejection by sharing with them his own experiences with failure. At the same time, the class was reminded that a rejection was not to be considered a failure, since editors often provided some instructive comments or reasons for the rejection. Further, students were also assured that the articles would be graded on the same basis as traditional term papers had been. In spite of initial student resistance, the article option proved extremely successful; student papers have been published in local, regional, and national publications, and, more importantly, students' confidence in their writing ability has soared. (AEW)  aMicrofiche.b[Washington D.C.]:cERIC Clearinghouseemicrofiches : positive.17aExperiential Learning.2ericd07aHigher Education.2ericd07aInstructional Innovation.2ericd17aResearch Papers (Students)2ericd07aScholarly Journals.2ericd07aTeaching Methods.2ericd07aWriting (Composition)2ericd07aWriting Exercises.2ericd17aWriting for Publication.2ericd07aWriting Improvement.2ericd17aWriting Instruction.2ericd1 aNew Jersey0 aJournal Articles 7aSpeeches/Meeting Papers.2ericd 7aReports, Descriptive.2ericd