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writing-to-learn

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writing-to-learn 
an instructional strategy in which writing is coordinated with the learning of content and development of cognitive skills such as critical thinking rather than simply with editorial skills.


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In turn, he explains how students can use writing-to-learn metacognition tools in science courses to critically examine how they relate their conceptual frameworks to learning new material.
Robert Bangert-Drowns and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 48 school-based writing-to-learn programs in 2004.
Through a series of WAC workshops based on John Bean's Engaging Ideas, Eureka faculty are encouraged to have their students determine the purpose of the assigned writing task: writing-to-learn or learning-to-write.
 
 
 
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