Ep 14: Exploring Patterns of Revision: Inviting Students to Combine Sentences

09/01/2025 17 min Temporada 1 Episodio 14

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In this episode, Travis and Whitney explore sentence combining as a powerful revision strategy. They discuss how teaching students to combine basic sentences into more sophisticated ones significantly improves writing quality. This episode highlights the research base for this classroom practice, as well as sharing the authors' behind-the-scenes preparation for classroom implementation.
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