2(3), May 1985, page 1 PROJECT STEADFAST Department of English Ball State University Herbert F. W. Stahlke, Project Director David S. Gadziola Forrest T. Houlette Bruce W. Mozesi Linda Hanson Meeker Webster Newbold The Department of English at Ball State University has received a Special Investment Grant from Digital Equipment Corporation to design and develop a package of programs addressing problems of instruction in English, specifically in the areas of (l) grammar, mechanics, and spelling; (2) the writing process; and (3) the appreciation of literature. The package will be incorporated into the regular instructional setting at BSU, where it will be used by approximately 7500 freshmen and sophomores each year in required writing and literature courses in the University's General Studies Program. Students will practice skills, explore concepts, and experience literary works of art in ways that would be unduly time-consuming or structurally difficult in the normal classroom setting. The effectiveness of the programs will be enhanced by the use of DECTALK speech synthesis and by highly interactive lesson design using the Renaissance authoring language. The grammar programs will comprise a comprehensive set of modules in English grammar, mechanics, spelling, and some elements of usage and style. The modules | |
|