Using outlines to improve Student Writing Skills

Brent Muirhead*
Lead Faculty and Area Chair for Business Communications in the graduate department at the University of Phoenix campus in Atlanta, Georgia.
Periodicity:December - February'2006
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jsch.1.3.916

Abstract

Assisting students with written work continues to be a challenging task for today’s teachers. Outlining represents a relevant instructional technique to help students develop self-regulated writing skills and promote higher order thinking. The author shares writing advice that can be used by teachers working in traditional face-to-face environments and those facilitating online learning courses.

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Brent Muirhead (2006). Using outlines to improve Student Writing Skills. i-manager's Journal on School Educational Technology, 1(3),17-23. https://doi.org/10.26634/jsch.1.3.916

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