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ERIC Number: EJ437463
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
When Students Confront the Experts: Toward Critical Thinking.
Laughlin, James S.
English Journal, v81 n2 p72-75 Feb 1992
Describes four essay assignments in a sequence on experts that deal with sharing expertise, defining expertise, interviewing an expert, and seeing teachers as experts. Asserts that these assignments result in writing that is no longer the recapitulation of information received from experts but is communication notable for the quality of its critical intelligence. (PRA)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Learning Processes, Secondary Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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