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Resources Preservice Teachers Use To Think About Student Writing, Leah A. Zuidema, James E. Fredricksen Aug 2016

Resources Preservice Teachers Use To Think About Student Writing, Leah A. Zuidema, James E. Fredricksen

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This article identifies five categories of resources that preservice teachers drew on as they considered student writing and planned their own approaches to assessing and teaching writing. Identifying these resources helps us better understand how beginning writing teachers think about student writing—and better understand mismatches that commonly occur between what teacher educators teach and what new teachers actually do. Our study builds on literature that considers how writing teachers are prepared, extends research about how preservice teachers use what they learn,and adds layers of detail to literature about the resources that beginning teachers draw upon to aid and support them …


Team Work Boosts Student Learning And Professional Community, Thomas M. Van Soelen Jun 2016

Team Work Boosts Student Learning And Professional Community, Thomas M. Van Soelen

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A team of kindergarten teachers in rural Georgia dig deeply into student work and standards to build a common understanding of writing expectations.