Encouraging Peer Dialogue in the Geography Classroom: Peer Editing to Improve Student Writing.

Kennedy-Kalafatis, Susan; Carleton, Dawn

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ERIC Number: EJ543700

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Encouraging Peer Dialogue in the Geography Classroom: Peer Editing to Improve Student Writing.

Kennedy-Kalafatis, Susan; Carleton, Dawn

Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v20 n3 p323-41 Nov 1996

Describes a teacher's experiments with improving students' writing in the geography classroom using peer editing exercises. Discusses the development and gives examples of the editing exercises and style sheets. Briefly reviews the theory of audience-centered communication. (MJP)

Descriptors: Editing, Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Peer Evaluation, Reading Writing Relationship, Student Improvement, Student Research, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Assignments, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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