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WAC Definition Writing to Learn Thinking Through Writing Supports PO
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1006 -    ..
1007 - Summary/Objective
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100801 - Follow up ref SDS 7 6F4I.
100802 -
100803 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Gary, and he called to further explain
100804 - his letter today has support showing others have grasped the concept
100805 - of thinking through writing enabled by SDS, and explained in POIMS.
100806 - ref OF 7 3742  This research further supports the recent addition of
100807 - an outline in NWO on "intelligence" support that leverages ability to
100808 - think, remember, and communicate. ref SDS 7 456O
100810 -  ..
100811 - Gary's letter says...
100812 -
100813 -    1.  Google searches on "learning through writing" and "writing to
100814 -        learn" turn up some interesting results including a book I have
100815 -        started to read but not completed, "Writing To Learn" by
100816 -        William Zinsser. ref DRT 1 0001
100818 -            ..
100819 -           http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0062720406/103-7380595-0533419?v=glance#product-details
100821 -  ..
100822 - Examining this location shows a review of Zinseer's book, but does not
100823 - directly say anything about "thinking through writing" either
100824 - expressly or conceptually.  The review commends the book for tips on
100825 - clear, stylish writing by relying on accuracy, brevity, and clarity.
100827 -  ..
100828 - Gary continues...
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100830 -    2.  The WAC Journal, a national peer-reviewed journal on writing across the
100831 -        curriculum
100832 -
100833 -           http://wac.colostate.edu/journal/
100835 -  ..
100836 - This location does not seem to have anything directly on point, but
100837 - lists a number of sources which may have caught Gary's attention.
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100841 -  ..
100842 - WAC Definition Writing to Learn
100843 - Writing to Learn Definition WAC
100844 - Thinking Through Writing Supports POIMS Theory of Analysis
100845 -
100846 - Follow up ref SDS 5 8854, ref SDS 2 3443.
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100848 - Gary continues with a reference to a web site that appears to be
100849 - sponsored by Colorado State under a WAC Journal that is part of a WAC
100850 - Clearinghouse.  WAC...
100852 -                   ..
100853 -                  Writing Across the Curriculum
100855 -  ..
100856 - The WAC Clearinghouse brings together five journals, four books
100857 - series, and resources for teachers who use writing in their courses.
100858 - The site is open to all, but please consider joining the
100859 - Clearinghouse and contributing to the community by helping to build
100860 - this site.
100862 -  ..
100863 - Gary's letter comments...
100864 -
100865 -    3.  A Fuller Definition of Writing to Learn
100866 -
100867 -           http://wac.colostate.edu/intro/pop4a.cfm
100869 -  ..
100870 - This site says in part...
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100872 -        Although how writing fosters critical thinking is not clear
100873 -        (Applebee), theoreticians and practitioners alike agree that
100874 -        writing promotes both critical thinking and learning (See
100875 -        Adams, Britton, Bruner, Emig, Herrington, Knoblauch and
100876 -        Brannon, Odell, Parker on the linked bibliography.) As Toby
100877 -        Fulwiler and Art Young explain in their "Introduction" to
100878 -        Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the
100879 -        Curriculum:
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100881 -            Writing to communicate--or what James Britton calls
100882 -            "transactional writing"--means writing to accomplish
100883 -            something, to inform, instruct, or persuade. . . .  Writing
100884 -            to learn is different. We write to ourselves as well as
100885 -            talk with others to objectify our perceptions of reality;
100886 -            the primary function of this "expressive" language is not
100887 -            to communicate, but to order and represent experience to
100888 -            our own understanding. In this sense language provides us
100889 -            with a unique way of knowing and becomes a tool for
100890 -            discovering, for shaping meaning, and for reaching
100891 -            understanding. (p. x)
100893 -  ..
100894 - The language above aligns well with POIMS explanation of think,
100895 - remember and communciation, listen and learn. ref OF 7 3742  Analysis
100896 - on 890809, ref SDS 1 9Y5I, Peter Drucker's view of analysis, shown on
100897 - 931130, ref SDS 4 4966, and extensive feedback from professional
100898 - writers on 930112. ref SDS 2 9405  Further, 20 years experience using
100899 - SDS shows that traditional methods common to professional writers are
100900 - significantly strengthened under the POIMS design. ref OF 7 3773
100902 -  ..
100903 - Gary's letter continues...
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100905 -    4.  Writing to Learn with Learning Logs
100906 -
100907 -           http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/weeklytips.phtml/54
100909 -  ..
100910 - This location has a number of writing tips to enhance learning.  There
100911 - is no evident direct support for the expression "thinking through
100912 - learning," nor conceptually that writing leveages intelligence.
100914 -  ..
100915 - Many of the tips are inherent using SDS, as shown by this record and
100916 - the references that support the work today.  This might be an area
100917 - where SDS could be sold to students to implement study practices.  The
100918 - reason students would not want to do this flows from the fact they
100919 - only need to remember material long enough to take a test.  While
100920 - knowledge is organic supported by the SDS design, this is not evident
100921 - to students, nor to most teachres, except perhaps in the sciences.
100923 -  ..
100924 - Connecting understandings with ability to track back to reasoning that
100925 - solved prior problems, might be useful in some academics.
100927 -  ..
100928 - Why not notify WAC about opportunity to implement good practices
100929 - consistently?
100931 -  ..
100932 - Gary continues...
100933 -
100934 -    5.  Writing Across the Curriculum and Writing in the Disciplines,
100935 -        with numerous resource links
100936 -
100937 -           http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/WAC/
100939 -  ..
100940 - This location says in part...
100941 -
100942 -        Writing to Learn
100944 -         ..
100945 -        This particular approach to WAC frequently makes use of
100946 -        journals, logs, microthemes, and other, primarily informal,
100947 -        writing assignments.  If they write reactions in their own
100948 -        words to information received in class or from reading,
100949 -        students often comprehend and retain information better.  Also,
100950 -        because students write more frequently, they either maintain or
100951 -        improve their writing skills and avoid a decrease in writing
100952 -        ability from entrance to senior year.
100954 -  ..
100955 - This is all true; why though is there nothing about getting the
100956 - teacher to keep a log, the principal, the CEO, the engineer, etc.  Why
100957 - is comprehension and retention only useful for students?
100959 -  ..
100960 - Analysis on 991108 explains that memory is important to students
100961 - because they get rewarded with grades based on performance.  The CEO
100962 - gets paid without accurate memory and comprehension. ref SDS 6 7520
100964 -  ..
100965 - Gary continues...
100966 -
100967 -    6.  Teaching Reasoning Through Writing
100968 -
100969 -           http://www.gse.uci.edu/nbc/portfolioshtml/jonstrebler/Entry1.html
100971 -  ..
100972 - This site generally supports the concept of thinking through writing;
100973 - there is nothing specific that asserts the proposition, as shown at a
100974 - couple of the other sites, per above. ref SDS 0 5G42
100976 -  ..
100977 - Gary concludes...
100978 -
100979 -    7.  That's enough to make the point that writing as a means of
100980 -        learning, fostering thinking and reasoning, and in general
100981 -        promoting grasp of material is a rather well known concept at
100982 -        the university level. It is far from universal, but it seems to
100983 -        be widespread. ref DRT 1 ES9K
100985 -  ..
100986 - There is no evidence that the "widespread concept" is also widely
100987 - practiced, particularly on the job, for reasons in the record on
100988 - 991108. ref SDS 6 YO62
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