Teaching High School Writing

Paper Summary:

The paper examines articles that discuss the metacognitive, affective, visualization, reciprocal teaching, writing about writing and peer-review methods that can improve writing among students. The paper concludes that, according to the research, all of these methods tend to produce better outcomes in the way of student participation and final grades than do conventional learning methods.

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Creative Methods That Improve Learning And Writing Skills
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"Many studies have focused on various creative learning approaches for disabled students, for students that have English as a second language, and for young or middle age classrooms. Relatively little attention has been paid to older students, especially high school students. The researcher hypothesizes that creative learning methods will prove just as beneficial for High School students as they do for other students, and that it is more imperative to help students at the High School level so they are better prepared to enter the workforce."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Angelillo, Janet. Writing to the Prompt. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005.
• Atwell, Nancie. Lessons that Change Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002.
• Fletcher, Ralph. Breathing In, Breathing Out: Keeping a Writer's Notebook. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1996.
• O'Donnell, Angela and King, Alison. Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.
• Piaget, J. The origins of intelligence. New York: International University Press, 1952.

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