Course Outcomes Outcome 1: Writing Process Students will understand and engage in writing as a process. ... Related Objectives • understand the conventions of common academic writing (such as reading responses, blogs, listservs, message boards, academic arguments, rhetorical analyses, synthesis essays, and reviews) • analyze discourse conventions in professional and civic contexts • select evidence appropriate to the context to develop a claim and support • organize papers effectively • practice grammatical revision to produce readable, effective Sta...

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• Grade Level: High School

The basic nature of learning is linking new information to prior knowledge about the text. ... She laid the foundation for the techniques in detecting early reading and writing problems of children. ... Students are measured by letter identification, word test, concepts of print, writing vocabulary, hearing sounds in words and text reading level. ... During the lesson, the student is continually involved in holistic reading and writing. ... Clay urged that phonic instruction is unnecessary once the student acquires the ability to translate letters and letter patterns into phonological form...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The understanding of the idea, moral, concept and theme of a book. ... It is the ability of students to understand the content read by recognizing the main ideas and concepts in the text. ... Good readers: Are active and have clear goals Preview text before reading, make predictions and read selectively to meet their goals Construct, revise and question the meanings they are making as they read Try to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and concepts Draw from, compare and integrate their prior knowledge with what they are reading Monitor their understanding and make adjust...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate