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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ716869
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Sep-1
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
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Making Meaning in a Dialogic Discourse Diary
Shosh, Joseph M.
English Journal, v94 n1 p53 Sep 2004
Dissatisfied with his method of teaching composition to high school seniors, Joseph M. Shosh sought ways to move from teaching as transmission to teaching as transaction. Asking students to use a dialogic discourse diary resulted in improved thinking and writing. He offers the assignments he gave and documents students? reactions and growth.
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods, High School Students, Diaries, Writing Improvement, Thinking Skills, Student Attitudes, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction
National Council of Teachers of English, 111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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