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Writing to learn requires students to utilize three kinds of knowledge. Declarative knowledge answers the question "what." It focuses on the things we know like simple facts. Although the simplest form of knowledge, there are many prompts that can be written for a write-to-learn activity involving declarative knowledge (Fisher, 2012). A great example is a physical education teacher getting his/her students to write down the rules of a sport.
The second kind of knowledge is procedural knowledge, and it answers the question, "how". As can be deduced from its name, procedural knowledge entails students knowing how to do a certain task. It is very difficult to convey this kind of knowledge during lecture; this type requires practice by the students (Fisher, 2012). Math and math based sciences can really benefit from procedural knowledge writing prompts. A good example is a chemistry teacher asking students to write out and explain the steps of a lab experiment they are conducting in a journal. |
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