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DeNight, Shawn – 1992
Content area teachers interested in using writing to learn activities need to be well informed about the learning promoted by certain writing tasks before assigning them. Writing assignments should not be thoughtlessly and arbitrarily assigned with the expectation that learning, somewhat miraculously or mysteriously, will occur. Although writing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Reading Writing Relationship

Rosaen, Cheryl L. – Elementary School Journal, 1990
Discusses writing assignments and instructional support needed when the primary purpose of writing is to help students reformulate their subject-matter knowledge. Research on grades one-three illustrates ways in which two writing assignments offer different opportunities to learn about American history. (BB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers