TY - BOOK AU - Bean,John C.(ed) TI - Engaging ideas: the professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom SN - 0787902039 SN - 978078790 AV - PE1404 .B37 PY - 1996/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Study and teaching KW - Critical thinking KW - Academic writing N1 - Includes Index; Using writing to promote thinking: a busy professor's guide to the whole book -- Part one. Understanding connections between thinking and writing -- How writing is related to critical thinking -- Engaging all learners: valuing professional and personal writing -- Dealing with issues of grammar and correctness -- Part two. Designing problem-based assignments -- Formal writing assignments -- Informal, exploratory writing activities -- Part three. Coaching students as learners, thinkers, and writers -- Designing tasks for active thinking and learning -- Helping students read difficult texts -- Coaching thinking through the use of small groups -- Alternative approaches to active learning in the classroom -- Enhancing learning and critical thinking in essay exams -- Encouraging engagement and inquiry in research papers -- Part four. Reading, commenting on, and grading student writing -- Coaching the writing process and handling the paper load -- Writing comments on students' papers -- Developing and applying grading criteria ER -