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Why They Can't Write : Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities /

There seems to be widespread agreement that--when it comes to the writing skills of college students--we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused by a lack of rigor, or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Warner, John, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Johnny could never write
  • The writer's practice
  • The five-paragraph essay
  • The problem of atmosphere
  • The problem of surveillance
  • The problem of assessment and standardization
  • The problem of education fads
  • The problem of technology hype
  • The problem of folklore
  • The problem of precarity
  • Why school?
  • Increasing rigor
  • Making writing meaningful by making meaningful writing
  • Writing experiences
  • Increasing challenges
  • What about academics?
  • What about grammar?
  • What about grades?
  • What about the children?
  • What about the teachers?