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Publication Date: 2005
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Fostering Critical Literacy: The Art of Assignment Design
Wilner, Arlene
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, n103 p23-38 Fall 2005
Applying reading and writing theory to cases in composition, this chapter troubleshoots assignments that produced disappointing results and illustrates how the model of the "ill-structured problem" can help writing instructors craft assignments that foster the cognitive and affective maturation essential to college-level literacy. (Contains 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Assignments, Problem Solving, Student Development, Critical Thinking, Reader Text Relationship, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Models, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Design, Demonstrations (Educational)
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