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Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2020
This guide helps families and caregivers carry out recommended practices described in the What Works Clearinghouse educator's practice guide, "Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective Writers" (ED533112). It provides three tips for supporting writing skills at home: (1) Help children use the writing process for a variety of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing Skills, Family Environment, Evidence Based Practice
Wilhoit, Stephen – 1990
Composition instructors interested in fostering the development of their students' critical thinking skills can modify the thematic writing approach to that effect. Focusing an introductory composition course around one central theme, rather than on many, can offer students an explicit model of how knowledge, skills, and dispositions interact when…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Freshman Composition, Higher Education