ERIC Number: EJ1269161
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
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Expressive Writing for Veterans in Transition
Ott, Jim E.
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, n166 p81-93 Sum 2020
Abstract Educators are encouraged to engage military veterans enrolling in college in the use of "expressive writing" and related assignments as curriculum interventions to assist these student veterans in their transition from military to civilian life. This article describes semester-long studies conducted in 2015, 2016, and 2017 in college classrooms consisting of student veterans enrolled in a unique for-credit freshman-level English composition and reading course.
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Veterans, College Students, Veterans Education, Freshman Composition, Reading Instruction, Writing Assignments, Intervention, College Freshmen
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Adult Education
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Language: English
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