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ERIC Number: EJ428278
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
Conceptual Learning and Writing in the Sciences.
Ambron, Joanna
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v18 n2 p114-20 May 1991
Speculates that the prewriting technique of "clustering" can be an effective tool for multicultural college students learning sophisticated scientific concepts. Asserts that teachers must be willing to take risks and nurture students' creativity and self-confidence if such techniques are to succeed and supplant or supplement the lecture mode of instruction. (RDS)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Multicultural Education, Prewriting, Thinking Skills, Two Year Colleges, Visual Learning, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Basic Writers; Clustering (Learning); Concept Networks; Concept Tree Method; Concepts in Science; Writing to Learn