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ERIC Number: EJ514293
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
Text Design Patterns in the Writing of Urban African American Students: Teaching to the Cultural Strengths of Students in Multicultural Settings.
Ball, Arnetha F.
Urban Education, v30 n3 p253-89 Oct 1995
Detailed text analysis was used to examine the expository writing patterns of four academically successful African American high school students. These bidialectic students brought culturally influenced text design patterns into the classroom. Implications for writing instruction for culturally diverse students are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, English Instruction, Expository Writing, High School Students, High Schools, Multicultural Education, Urban Education, Urban Youth, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Text Design; Textual Analysis