Traversing the Topical Landscape: Reading and Writing as Ways of Knowing.

McGinley, William; Tierney, Robert J.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Traversing the Topical Landscape: Reading and Writing as Ways of Knowing.

McGinley, William; Tierney, Robert J.

Written Communication, v6 n3 p243-69 Jul 1989

Proposes a view of literacy learning in which various forms of reading and writing are conceptualized as unique ways of thinking about and exploring a topic of study (analogous to a conceptual "landscape") en route to acquiring knowledge (best "traversed" from a variety of perspectives). (MS)

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Independent Study, Learning Processes, Literacy Education, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Reading Writing Relationship, Secondary Education, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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