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Vocabularies Clashing: "The Fragmented Generation" Describes Itself
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Collins, Daniel – Journal of College and Character, 2011
After reading Scott Seider and Howard Gardner's essay "The Fragmented Generation" (2009) in a college freshman writing class, students responded by providing their own labels for their generation. This article includes excerpts from their essays. Following these excerpts is the instructor's theoretical justification for this kind of classroom…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Self Evaluation (Groups), Cohort Analysis