Constructing Well-Formed Prose: Process, Structure, and Metacognitive Knowledge.

Englert, Carol Sue; Raphael, Taffy E.

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ERIC Number: EJ368915

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Constructing Well-Formed Prose: Process, Structure, and Metacognitive Knowledge.

Englert, Carol Sue; Raphael, Taffy E.

Exceptional Children, v54 n6 p513-20 Apr 1988

The expository writing difficulties of exceptional students are examined in relationship to the writing process, expository text structures, and students' metacognitive knowledge. Approaches to the teaching of expository writing are discussed, and a dialogic approach, involving teacher modeling and a series of think sheets, is described. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Learning Disabilities, Metacognition, Modeling (Psychology), Prose, Teaching Methods, Writing Difficulties, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Research and Instruction in Written Language.