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Cobine, Gary R. – 1995
Although reading and writing exist only in relation to each other, writing plays little or no role in the usual instructional approaches to reading. Mostly, reading is taught as a sequence of discrete skills, which is ineffective since it accommodates the analytic reading style to the exclusion of global, kinesthetic, and auditory styles. Reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Journal Writing, Reader Response, Reading Instruction
Jenkinson, Edward – 1994
Nine years ago, many parents protesting the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (commonly referred to as the Hatch Amendment) accused the schools of invading student privacy in sex and drug education classes, in counseling sessions, and in English classes. Some parents testifying at hearings conducted by the United States Department of Education…
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Journal Writing, Parent Attitudes
Brew, Alan – 2003
In outdoor education, reflection transforms experience into knowledge. Writing activities facilitate reflection. In designing writing activities, instructors should ask themselves why they are asking their students to write, what type of writing is appropriate for their purpose, when and in what context the activity should take place, how they…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Experiential Learning
Sensenbaugh, Roger – 1993
This digest summarizes the more than 300 items in the ERIC database concerning writing across the curriculum (WAC) published between 1990 and 1992. The digest presents categories of material about WAC--advocacy, activities, recent research, implementing new programs, and faculty training--and discusses one or two pertinent sources for each…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction