Learning to Write Versus Writing to Learn

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  • Title: Learning to Write Versus Writing to Learn: Teaching Students to become Critical Thinkers and Efficient Writers
  • Author(s): Venicia Flora McGhie
  • Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
  • Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
  • Series: The Learner
  • Journal Title: The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review
  • Keywords: Students, Abilities, Learning, Thinking, Writing, Integration, Meaning, Process
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 6
  • Date: December 08, 2006
  • ISSN: 1447-9494 (Print)
  • ISSN: 1447-9540 (Online)
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v13i06/44971
  • Citation: McGhie, Venicia Flora. 2006. "Learning to Write Versus Writing to Learn: Teaching Students to become Critical Thinkers and Efficient Writers." The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review 13 (6): 27-34. doi:10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v13i06/44971.
  • Extent: 8 pages

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine students' writing abilities, and to determine whether or not students understand that writing is a meaning making process.