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McCoy, Linda Jones – 1987
Based on a year's work with 16 second grade students, this two-part paper reports the successful use of the Marathon Writing (continuous writing for short periods on a regular basis) strategy in encouraging beginning writers to write independently. The first part of the paper explains the technique of marathon writing, and notes that even though…
Descriptors: Course Content, Grade 2, Group Instruction, Handwriting
