Writing: A Line of Reasoning.

Jackson, Roberta M.

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ERIC Number: EJ374884

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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Writing: A Line of Reasoning.

Jackson, Roberta M.

Journal of Teaching Writing, v7 n1 p9-17 Spr-Sum 1988

Describes one teacher's attempts to move her students from rote learning to reasoning. Elaborates on the use of a standardized multiple-choice test as a basis for evoking students' arguments concerning defensible answers and reasons they are defensible. (JAD)

Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Rote Learning, Writing Processes

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Language: English

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