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ERIC Number: EJ309764
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Power of Expressive Writing in Reading Comprehension.
Collins, Carmen
Language Arts, v62 n1 p48-54 Jan 1985
Describes an experiment indicating that having students write expressively on a regular basis could significantly improve their reading comprehension and enhance their attitudes toward themselves and toward reading and learning. Discusses implications of these results for the classroom and curriculum. (HTH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Research, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Expressive Writing; Reading Writing Relationship
Note: Theme Issue: Making Meaning, Learning Language.