Writing...A Tool for Learning.

Autor/in	Michaels, Greta
Titel	Writing...A Tool for Learning.
Quelle	4 (1983) 1, (5 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Content Area Writing; Educational Objectives; Elementary Secondary Education; Instructional Improvement; Instructional Materials; Interdisciplinary Approach; Learning Activities; Learning Processes; Teaching Methods; Writing Exercises; Writing Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schriftliche Übung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Unterrichtsqualität; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lernaktivität; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibübung; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	Addressing the concern that writing assignments are used only for recording or relating information, a program called "Writing in Content Areas" has been developed in Minnesota to help students and teachers use writing as a tool for learning. Students are encouraged to use expressive writing for working out ideas, relationships, understandings, and feelings. Teachers can assign expressive writing for many purposes, but the primary purpose is to foster active learning. Expressive writing is effective because it forces students to participate constructively by writing about their work. Such writing can be used in all subject areas. Suggestions for activities incorporating expressive writing fall into the following categories: (1) introducing a subject and finding out what students already know, (2) helping students gain control of the subject material, (3) helping students clarify their understanding of what they are learning, and (4) helping students know themselves and helping the teacher to understand them. (IS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01