Constructing Well-Formed Prose: Process, Structure, and Metacognitive Knowledge
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Exceptional Children
- Vol. 54 (6) , 513-520
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001440298805400604
Abstract
This article addresses instructional issues related to the teaching of expository writing. Exceptional students' writing difficulties are examined in relationship to the writing process, expository text structures, and students' metacognitive knowledge. Approaches to the teaching of expository writing are discussed, and a dialogic approach, involving teacher modeling and a series of think sheets, is described.Keywords
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