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ERIC Number: EJ198668
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Mar
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Writing and the Generation of Knowledge.
Van Nostrand, A. D.
Social Education, v43 n3 p178-80 Mar 1979
Contends that a student gains knowledge through the act of writing as she joins bits of information into a whole. Presents a model for scanning students' written material to determine the way ideas are related. Notes that the value of a piece of information depends on how the writer joins it with other information. (KC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Processing, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Social Studies, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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