It's in the Bag: An Instructional Game to Promote Positive Student Attitudes toward Writing.

Welch, Marshall

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ERIC Number: EJ494806

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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It's in the Bag: An Instructional Game to Promote Positive Student Attitudes toward Writing.

Welch, Marshall

TEACHING Exceptional Children, v27 n2 p63-65 Win 1995

This article describes an activity to generate interest in writing and ownership of the learning experience by students with learning disabilities. An object is placed in a bag, a volunteer describes the item by feeling it, students draw the item, and students then discuss the importance of expressing ideas clearly. (JDD)

Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Writing Exercises, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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