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ERIC Number: EJ236513
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Dec
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The Center Can Hold: Reflections on Teaching Writing.
Smelstor, Marjorie
CEA Forum, v11 n2 p14-15 Dec 1980
Attributes the decline in student writing ability to the conflict between society's demand for standardization, caution, and escapism and a writer's need to be subjective, adventurous, and self-centered. (HOD)
Descriptors: College English, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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