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Peer reviewedShafer, Gregory – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2000
This article recounts the author's experiences with students in a Writing Center, and examines the troubles of traditional teaching styles that reflect the notion of a single norm of thought and experience. Asserts that prescriptive writing instruction stymies personal and scholastic development and undermines democratic learning. Contains 12…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Learning Strategies, Student Needs
