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Developing Writing Skills

Submitted by bronstein on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 7:43pm.

Thank you. I almost forgot that your comments and Tola's talk did resonate with me. Joyce's comments also hit home. If we are to get students to metacognate, it helps for us to force them to write down their thoughts and observations. There are 3 reasons I can see:

     1. It forces them to verbalize vague thoughts and feelings, which help them to understand them.

     2. It prevents them from saying that they had other opinions as soon as they hear "the smart kid" give his views.

     3. It will also help them to formulate arguments to support their position -- or realize, in trying to do so, that their position doesn't hold water. In that case they will endeavor to find a better one that they can support, thereby becoming "less wrong."

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