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ERIC Number: EJ386944
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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In Defense of "Crabby" Teachers.
Dockweiler, Deborah
Reading Teacher, v42 n8 p656 Apr 1989
Explains how a hermit crab, the classroom pet for a class of learning disabled elementary level students, stimulated various writing-related activities, including categorizing, information gathering, and poetry writing. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Poetry, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Crabs; Writing Topics
Note: Special Issue: Empowering Both Teachers and Students.