Critical Thinking for Writers: Transferable Skills of Discipline-Specific Strategies?.

Carter, Duncan

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ERIC Number: EJ463650

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Publication Date: 1993

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Critical Thinking for Writers: Transferable Skills of Discipline-Specific Strategies?

Carter, Duncan

Composition Studies/Freshman English News, v21 n1 p86-93 Spr 1993

Questions whether teaching critical thinking skills is transferable to the task of writing, or whether critical thinking is context dependent. Demonstrates the relevance of this problem to the current composition classroom and calls for further thought, research, and experimentation concerning this issue. (HB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Writing Strategies

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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