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Publication Date: 1988
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Modeling a Writer's Identity: Reading and Imitation in the Writing Classroom.
Brooke, Robert
College Composition and Communication, v39 n1 p23-41 Feb 1988
Suggests an alternative understanding of imitation, according to which a student learns by imitating another person, rather than a text or process. Proposes that composition teaching works when it effectively models an identity which students can accept. (MS)
Descriptors: College English, Directed Reading Activity, English Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology), Imitation, Modeling (Psychology), Reading, Reading Strategies, Reading Writing Relationship, Role Models, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing Exercises
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