Using Reflective Portfolios to Open the Door to Learning through Writing.

Lerch, Denise E.

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ERIC Number: EJ553756

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Using Reflective Portfolios to Open the Door to Learning through Writing.

Lerch, Denise E.

Maryland English Journal, v31 n1 p42-52 Fall 1996

Recounts how an eighth-grade teacher used reflective portfolios with her students to help them overcome their reluctance to write and to get them to see writing as a way to learn about themselves as students and as individuals. States that the teacher wanted students to be enthusiastic about writing as a part of everyday life. (PA)

Descriptors: Grade 8, Individual Development, Middle Schools, Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Empowerment, Writing Apprehension, Writing Attitudes

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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