Although I know of nothing that directly talks about classroom versus on-line teaching, here are three references to studies that might give more authority to Victoria's stance: Prior, P. (July 1991). Contextualizing writing and response in a graduate seminar. "Written Communication 8(3). 267-305. Shi, L. (1998). Effects of prewriting discussions on adult ESL students' compositions. "Journal of Second Language Writing" 7(3), 319-345. Van Lier, L. (1996). Chapter 5; Motivation, autonomy and achievement. "Interaction in the Langauge Classroom. (pp. 98-122). New York: Longman. Hope this is useful, Theresa. At 12:02 PM 5/18/01 AST4ADT, you wrote: >I don't have any to hand, but I bet references to published studies >substantiating some of the things we all know are true about >remediation, on-line courses, etc., would be more help to Victoria >than a chorus of vociferous "no"s from a clearly unauthoritative (in >the eyes of an administrator) group like Inkshedders. Anybody know >any offhand, or know how to find them quickly? > > -- Russ > __|~_ >Russell A. Hunt __|~_)_ __)_|~_ Professor of English >St. Thomas University )_ __)_|_)__ __) PHONE: (506) 452-0424 >Fredericton, New Brunswick | )____) | FAX: (506) 450-9615 >E3B 5G3 CANADA ___|____|____|____/ [log in to unmask] > \ / > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.StThomasU.ca/~hunt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, >the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at > http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-