Can Writing Be Used to Improve Learning and Thinking?.

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Title:	Can Writing Be Used to Improve Learning and Thinking?
Authors:	Gilstrap, Robert L.
Descriptors:	Elementary Secondary Education; Free Writing; Learning Activities; Letters (Correspondence); Position Papers; Social Studies; Student Journals; Thinking Skills; Writing Across the Curriculum; Writing Assignments
Source:	Social Studies Review, v31 n1 p26-32 Fall 1991
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Publication Date:	1991-00-00
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Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
Abstract:	Examines whether writing activities promote learning and thinking in elementary and secondary social studies students. Describes writing activities that teachers have used to draw on existing student knowledge, consolidate and review new information, and reformulate and extend knowledge. Concludes that writing activities benefit student learning of social studies concepts. (SG)
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Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-1056-6325
Audiences:	Teachers; Practitioners
Languages:	English
Education Level:	Elementary Secondary Education