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Constructing Meaning in the Disciplines: Reconceptualizing Writing across the Curriculum as Composing across the Curriculum.
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Smagorinsky, Peter – American Journal of Education, 1995
Analyzes the appropriateness of textual media in the construction of meaning by reviewing the psychological research on semiotics and multiple intelligences that support a broadened notion of text, and presenting findings from research on the construction of nonprint texts in disciplines other than English. It suggests that exclusively focusing on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Theories, English Curriculum