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ERIC Number: EJ553756
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0542-8343
Using Reflective Portfolios to Open the Door to Learning through Writing.
Lerch, Denise E.
Maryland English Journal, v31 n1 p42-52 Fall 1996
Recounts how an eighth-grade teacher used reflective portfolios with her students to help them overcome their reluctance to write and to get them to see writing as a way to learn about themselves as students and as individuals. States that the teacher wanted students to be enthusiastic about writing as a part of everyday life. (PA)
Descriptors: Grade 8, Individual Development, Middle Schools, Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Empowerment, Writing Apprehension, Writing Attitudes
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Reflective Writing; Writing Contexts; Writing Motivation
Note: Journal availability: Department of English, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD 21532-1099.