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Writing in College - 1. Some crucial differences between high school and college writing - 1 views

writing-program.uchicago.edu/...high_school_v_college.htm

Writing College university composition critical thinking

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  • You get no credit for asserting the existence of something we already know exists.
  • You must shape and focus that discussion or analysis so that it supports a claim that you discovered and formulated and that all of your discussion and explanation develops and supports.
  • In that sense, you might state the point of your paper as "Well, I want to show/prove/claim/argue/demonstrate (any of those words will serve to introduce the point) that "Though Falstaff seems to play the role of Hal's father, he is, in fact, acting more like a younger brother who . . . ."" If you include in your paper what appears after I want to prove that, then that's the point of your paper, its main claim that the rest of your paper supports.
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  • Most of us begin our research with a question, with a puzzle, something that we don't understand but want to, and maybe a vague sense of what an answer might look like. We hope that out of our early research to resolve that puzzle there emerges a solution to the puzzle, an idea that seems promising, but one that only more research can test.
  • A good point or claim typically has several key characteristics: it says something significant about what you have read, something that helps you and your readers understand it better; it says something that is not obvious, something that your reader didn't already know; it is at least mildly contestable, something that no one would agree with just by reading it; it asserts something that you can plausibly support in five pages, not something that would require a book.
  • Nicolette Elzie on 17 Jan 14
     
    I thought this was a great article on the differences between collegiate level writing and high school writing. Moreover, it lays a groundwork for writing a paper. If only there was some way to convey these differences to our students in a way that they will understand without feeling discouraged. I think the weakness of the article is that it is very long, if I wanted to pass this on to a student I fear that the sheer length would deter them away from both reading it and/or finishing it. On the other hand, if we could manage to make this simpler or convert it into a series of short workshops for students then I think the content would be extraordinarily beneficial.
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From the Campfire to the Holodeck: Creating Engaging and Powerful 21st Century Learning... - 0 views

www.amazon.com/...1118633938

traditional learning lecture nontraditional balanced classrooms environments

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  • Nicolette Elzie on 22 Nov 13
     
    Author David Thornburg explores the importance of a balanced learning environment. An article by The Atlantic sums up his main ideology. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/11/lectures-didnt-work-in-1350-and-they-still-dont-work-today/281514/
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Lectures Didn't Work in 1350-and They Still Don't Work Today - Hope Reese - The Atlantic - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...281514

traditional learning lecture nontraditional balanced classrooms environments teaching pedagogy

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  • Nicolette Elzie on 22 Nov 13
     
    To be read with "From the Campfire to the Holodeck: Creating Engaging and Powerful 21st Century Learning Environments"
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Is the Lecture Dead? - Richard Gunderman - The Atlantic - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...272578

passive learning traditional lecture nontraditional teaching environments classrooms balanced

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  • Nicolette Elzie on 22 Nov 13
     
    An article discussing the ways lectures are still beneficial to the classroom and the elements that a good lecture should consist of.
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Is traditional teaching really all that bad? A within-student between-subject approach - 1 views

www.hks.harvard.edu/...G10-15_Schwerdt_Wuppermann.pdf

traditional learning student achievement lecture

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  • Nicolette Elzie on 21 Nov 13
     
    This study explored the relationship between a teacher's teaching style and the students' personal achievement.
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