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Peer reviewedDavis, Susan J.; Winek, Janice – Journal of Reading, 1989
Reviews how background knowledge fits into a model of the expository writing process. Describes a project involving gifted seventh-grade students who increased their background knowledge about their chosen research paper topics in order to overcome some of the difficulty of expository writing. (RS)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Expository Writing, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
