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A new writing classroom : listening, motivation, and habits of mind /

In A new writing classroom, Patrick Sullivan provides a new generation of teachers a means and a rationale to reconceive their approach to teaching writing, calling into question the discipline's dependence on argument. Including secondary writing teachers within his purview, Sullivan advocates...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sullivan, Patrick, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan, Colorado : Utah State University Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The simplistic argumentative essay
  • Cognitive development and learning theory
  • "It is the privilege of wisdom to listen"
  • Toward a pedagogy of listening
  • Teaching listening and the reflective essay
  • Revolution
  • "A lifelong aversion to writing": what if writing courses emphasized motivation?
  • Dispositional characteristics
  • An open letter to first-year high school students.