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ERIC Number: EJ394944
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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A Writer in Residence: An English Teacher Shares His Writing.
Liftig, Robert A.
English Journal, v78 n5 p66-67 Sep 1989
Observes that when teachers use their writing as "models" for their students, they motivate students to ask appropriate and instructionally profitable questions about other works. Notes that this "response heuristic" can decrease the distance between students and literature. (MM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Modeling (Psychology), Reader Response, Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literature Instruction; Response Model; Teacher Writers; Teacher Writing; Writers in Residence