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Hardy, Jack A.; Römer, Ute; Roberson, Audrey – Across the Disciplines, 2015
In attempts to find appropriate and authentic materials for students who are developing their academic writing skills, instructors often turn to works written by professional academics. However, genres such as published research articles and textbooks in specific disciplines may not be the most suitable models for what first year composition…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Writing Instruction, Student Writing Models, Writing Across the Curriculum
Gallagher, Pat; Norton, Gloria – 2000
Suggesting that, given the right tools and encouragement to do so, all children will write, this book describes the technique of "written conversation" in which two partners write back and forth to each other. This coproduced book serves as both a means for communication and expression and as a source of data about the child's knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Primary Education, Student Writing Models, Teacher Response