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Peer reviewedMadden, Thomas R. – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Suggests having students write short summaries using the principles of the journalistic news "lead" to help them sharpen their abstraction skills. Includes samples of data blocks from which students would compose their summaries, kernel sentences from the samples, "kernel" kernel sentences, first draft summaries, and 30-word…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, English Instruction, High Schools, Higher Education
