Background
Neman, Beth S. was born on December 2, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Louis I. Smilansky and Harriet (Feldman) Smilansky Plaut.
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When it was first published, Teaching Students to Write earned a reputation for doing just that--helping instructors and prospective instructors teach their students how to write effectively. It was-and is-a student-centered, research-based text that combines scholarly theory with practical pedagogy to offer teachers a rich variety of strategies to meet their students' diverse needs. Extensively updated to reflect current research and theoretical scholarship, this revised edition is enhanced by in-depth discussions of collaborative learning and extensive exemplification of experiential or discovery learning. It now includes a full chapter on invention and prewriting heuristics, some important new approaches to teaching revision, a chapter devoted to designing effective assignments, and a chapter on teaching the rhetorical analysis that incorporates whole language pedagogical concepts and current literary theory. This text puts special emphasis on reaching gifted students and nonstandard-dialect speakers and suggests workable techniques for conducting conferences, responding to papers and assessing them fairly. The second edition is even richer in pedagogical apparatus for both writing teachers and their students-including duplicable Student Guidelines, Teaching Strategies sidebars, and chapter-ending questions that encourage discussion and essay-writing.
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Neman, Beth S. was born on December 2, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Louis I. Smilansky and Harriet (Feldman) Smilansky Plaut.
Bachelor of Arts Michigan, 1953. Master of Arts, University Cincinnati, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, 1976.
Teacher, Cleveland Public Schools, 1953-1955; teacher, Princeton Public Schools, Sharonville, Ohio., 1955-1957; co-head, teacher English department, Madeira (Ohio) High School, 1963-1970; teaching associate, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1971-1976; assistant professor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1976-1980; assistant Professor of English, Wilmington (Ohio) College, 1980-1986; associate professor, Wilmington (Ohio) College, 1986-1993; Professor of English, Wilmington (Ohio) College, since 1993; head department English, Wilmington (Ohio) College, since 1996. Consultant in field.
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Member National Council Teachers English, College Composition and Communication Conference, American Society Eighteenth Century Studies, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Albert H. Neman, July 12, 1953 (deceased February 2003). Children: David G., Daniel L.