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Peer reviewedSunstein, Bonnie; Anderson, Philip M. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1989
Describes a classroom assignment sequence in which students learn to think metaphorically about a scientific topic. Provides sample reading log questions and a prewriting worksheet. (MM)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Higher Education, Metaphors, Prewriting
Anderson, Philip M.; Sunstein, Bonnie S. – 1987
A freshman writing assignment sequence encouraged students to use metaphors to think their way through scientific topics, improving their writing skills in the process. The students were all women, aged 18 to 48 years, who had been journal writing for several months but who did not consider themselves competent readers or writers. Reading material…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Literary Devices
