New Horizons in Education


No. 47 , Pages 62 - 71 , 2003

Combining Information Technologies and Cognitive Apprenticeship to Provide Instruction in Expository Writing in Large University Classes

Graham PASSMORE & John MITTERER

Abstract

This paper proposes a reform of academic writing under a system of educational technology by means of Expository Words. It is necessary to put forward a standardized technical model that can potentially replace the students’ essays as an analog after they submit their disk copies for peer review and revision. This standardized technical model will not be restricted to small classes in university as the old analog technique used long in the past, which placed considerable administrative tension on the instructors and students. To eliminate this tension, the proposed model system uses online technology to make review and revision of essays for students at large. Instructions for expository words are added to the system by means of popular and readily available technology, which can frequently function to provide recognized potential word replacement. Although this model system is envisioned to be used in university level, it could be adopted in any institution within the K-12 system.

Keywords: cognitive apprenticeship; system of educational technology; expository writing

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