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ERIC Number: EJ525843
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
From the Park Bench to the (Writing) Workshop Table: Encouraging Collaboration among Inexperienced Writers.
Lawrence, Sandra M.; Sommers, Elizabeth
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v23 n2 p101-11 May 1996
Argues that careful assignment scaffolding combined with substantial training and ample opportunities for peer collaboration can make response groups a highly successful classroom practice. Describes what happened when some inexperienced students participated in peer response groups. Describes revisions that students made in their writing. (TB)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Revision (Written Composition), Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Writing Exercises, Writing Research
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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