Writing as a learning activity / Edited by Perry D. Klein, Pietro Boscolo, Lori C. Kirkpatrick, Carmen Gelati.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klein, Perry D.

Series:

Studies in Writing 28.

Studies in writing ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

Report writing--Study and teaching.

Report writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Writing as a learning activity offers an account of the potentials of writing as a tool for learning. Four aspects of writing emerge particularly clearly through the chapters. First, writing to learn depends on the cognitive strategies of the writer; instruction in such strategies contributes significantly to the ability to use writing as a learning tool. Secondly, strategies for writing and reasoning are largely specific to academic disciplines. Thirdly, writing is not, as traditionally conceived, only an individual ability, but also an activity that is social. It is a collaborative practice facilitated by representational tools-- books, computer, notes, schemata, drawings, et cetera – by which knowledge is acquired, organized, and transformed at various levels of complexity. Fourthly, writing is a productive activity, exemplified by the varied and positive effects of writing on learning different subjects at various educational levels.

Contents:

Front Matter / Perry D. Klein , Pietro Boscolo , Lori C. Kirkpatrick and Carmen Gelati

New Directions in Writing as a Learning Activity / Perry D. Klein , Pietro Boscolo , Carmen Gelati and Lori C. Kirkpatrick

Writing to Argue: Writing as a Tool for Oral and Written Argumentation / Silvia Del Longo and Lerida Cisotto

Writing as a Vocabulary Learning Tool / Kenan Dikilitas and Jerome C. Bush

Supportive Writing Assignments for Less Skilled Writers in the Mathematics Classroom / Markus Linnemann and Sabine Stephany

Writing to Engage Students in Historical Reasoning / Jannet van Drie , Carla van Boxtel and Martine Braaksma

Writing to Learn from Multiple-Source Inquiry Activities in History / Jennifer Wiley , Brent Steffens , M. Anne Britt and Thomas D. Griffin

Strategy Instruction in Writing in Academic Disciplines / Charles A. MacArthur

Writing a Synthesis from Multiple Sources as a Learning Activity / Mar Mateos , Isabel Solé , Elena Martín , Isabel Cuevas , Mariana Miras and Nuria Castells

Summary Writing as a Tool for Improving the Comprehension of Expository Texts: An Intervention Study in a Primary School / Carmen Gelati , Nicoletta Galvan and Pietro Boscolo

Moving from “Fuzziness” to Canonical Knowledge: The Role of Writing in Developing Cognitive and Representational Resources / Brian Hand , Mary Grace Villanueva and Sae Yeol Yoon

Writing about Reading to Advance Thinking: A Study in Situated Cognitive Development / Charles Bazerman , Kelly Simon and Patrick Pieng

University Students’ Knowledge Construction during Face to Face Collaborative Writing / Minna Nykopp , Miika Marttunen and Leena Laurinen

Knowledge Construction in Collaborative Science Writing: Strategic Simplicity, Distributed Complexity, and Explanatory Sophistication / Perry D. Klein

References / Perry D. Klein , Pietro Boscolo , Lori C. Kirkpatrick and Carmen Gelati

Indexes / Perry D. Klein , Pietro Boscolo , Lori C. Kirkpatrick and Carmen Gelati.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004265011

9004265015

OCLC:

879527446

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004265011 DOI