Shaping Words

  Annotated bibliography Rakovic, M., Marzouk, Z., Chang, D., & Winne, P. (2019). Towards knowledge transforming in writing argumentative essays from multiple sources: A methodological approach. Companion Proceedings 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, March, 2019 . Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333680138_Towards_knowledge_transforming_in_writing_argumentative_essays_from_multiple_sources_A_methodological_approach The article describes a methodological approach to distinguish knowledge-transforming from knowledge telling in argumentative essays. According to Rakovic, Marzouk, Chang, & Winne, (2019) “Producing knowledge-transforming texts is a challenge for many post-secondary writers” (p. 1). Trying to identify students who transform source information by using it as evidence to support their claims, they propose a system of coding evidential sentences based on Bloom’s taxonomy. The study consisted on 40 argumentat...

  An outline Rakovic, M., Marzouk, Z., Chang, D., & Winne, P. (2019). Towards knowledge transforming in writing argumentative essays from multiple sources: A methodological approach. Companion Proceedings 9th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, March, 2019 . Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333680138_Towards_knowledge_transforming_in_writing_argumentative_essays_from_multiple_sources_A_methodological_approach ·          Purpose : To offer a methodological approach to write successful knowledge transforming essays from multiple sources. ·          Thesis statement : Writers can develop skills to move from knowledge telling into knowledge-transforming. ·          Audience : writing experts, university students and teachers. I.              ...

Vignette It is Monday morning. In fourth grade, thirty pupils are sitting in pairs. Lucas, one of the learners, is sitting at the front of the class. He sits alone with his materials because he doesn’t want to share his desk with any of the other students. He has been diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), which makes it extremely difficult for him to engage in close relationships with his peers. Even when his partners are eager to interact with him, Lucas is reluctant to establish any type of relationship or interaction with them. It is the very first English lesson of the year and children meet the new teacher. The English class takes place during the first period, from 8 to 9 o’clock in the morning. While the teacher tries to involve students in introducing themselves and playing a game, Lucas shows himself anxious and lost in his thoughts. He doesn’t want to participate in the activity, in fact, his interactions with the teacher are reduced to shouts and jokes. He d...