ERIC Number: EJ766222
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Oct
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
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Where's the Content?
Fitzhugh, Will
Educational Leadership, v64 n2 p42-46 Oct 2006
Although teachers focus on style, fluency, tone, and correct grammar in writing, they rarely emphasize the importance of content. Both the National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges and the NAEP seem to favor emotional and personal writing, at least at the high school level. Judging from their guidelines, both the SAT and the WASL promote fictional nonfiction in their writing sections. This is a great disservice to students, who end up struggling with writing requirements in college. Assigned to remedial classes, they often drop out of college. Fitzhugh, the founder of The Concord Review, offers students a place to publish their academic essays.
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Content Analysis, Nonfiction, Self Esteem, College Preparation, Low Achievement, Attitudes, Critical Thinking, Expository Writing, High School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)
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