<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 5:36 PM -0500 wrote: >However, as high as my Honors students are in critical thinking and >writing; as much as I help and aid my Basic Classes, when it comes to the >Assessments they have a difficult time doing well on their own, >independently. Am I doing them a disservice by discussing and teaching >literary skills to the point that they cannot do it very well on their >own??
Hi! I find myself wondering what the Assessments are measuring in the first place. But that said, what behaviors are you seeing that lead you to believe you are "discussing and teaching literary skills to the point that they cannot do it very well on their own"? Additionally, if I remember correctly, one of the fundamental principles of "Mosaic of Thought" is the gradual release of responsibility. So maybe another part of the answer to your question lies in that principle. How best to do that is perhaps one possible extension of this discussion. Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
