[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] Student writing report

[Lesley Farmer]

NCTE Report Shows the Need for Schools to Move Away from Scripted
Education
According to a new report from NCTE, many students receive an education
of drill and memorization but are deprived of high-level thinking
activities, intellectual discussions, and opportunities to synthesize
information and respond creatively. Unlike many of their counterparts,
these schools are focusing more on discipline, instead of encouraging
intellectual thinking. According to Kylene Beers, president of the
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), it is critically
important that all students experience a rich, intellectually rigorous
curriculum filled with all sorts of writing.

National Council of Teachers of English. (2009). The Genteel Unteaching
of America’s Poor. Urbana, IL: Author.
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Press/Beers.pdf

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 4/20/2009 08:34:00 PM
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