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How to Write a Paragraph: The Art of Substantive Writing

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Most people realize that learning to write is “among the most important skills a student can learn.” But far fewer realize that writing is also the key to the acquisition of content itself: “the mechanism through which students learn to connect the dots in their knowledge.” Far too few realize that for students to learn, “they must struggle with the details, wrestle with the facts, and rework raw information and dimly understood concepts into language they can communicate to someone else.” In other words, “if students are to learn, they must write.” All these points are emphasized in a report recently issued by the National Commission on Writing in America’s Schools and Colleges (New York Times, 4/25/03),which goes on to say that writing is “woefully ignored in most American schools today.” Moreover, according to the same New York Times article, “a 2002 study of California college students found that most freshmen could not analyze arguments, synthesize information, or write papers that were reasonably free of language errors.” At present students are poor writers, not because they are incapable of learning to write well, but because they have never been taught the foundations of substantive writing. They lack intellectual discipline as well as strategies for improving their writing. This is true on the one hand because teachers often lack a clear theory of the relationship between writing and learning and, on the other, are concerned with the time involved in grading written work.

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Ketersediaan

EBK-00046

411/ Pau - h

Perpus Pusat

Tersedia

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

411/ Pau - h

Penerbit

: The Foundation for Critical Thinking., 2013

Deskripsi Fisik

9 hlm.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

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Klasifikasi

411

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

e-book

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Edisi

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Subjek

Writing
Writing Paragraph

Info Detail Spesifik

e-book

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