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ERIC Number: EJ417062
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
Student Questioning: A Case for Freshman Academic Empowerment.
Aldridge, Mavis
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v5 n2 p17-24 Spr 1989
Describes the use of student-generated questions to enhance learning in a freshman-level communication skills course. As class exercises, students were asked to develop questions about an assigned reading, to analyze the questions, and to map the questions to identify important textual elements and various levels of thinking about the text. (DMM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Questioning Techniques
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Available from New York College Learning Skills Association, c/o Developmental Studies Division, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Canandaigua, NY 11424 ($20.00 per volume for non-NYCLSA members).