"What kind of writing do we do beyond high school? And why aren't we practicing it now? The writing most often done in school is academic in nature, focusing on form and genre, adding details to narrative and including plenty of citations in an argumentative essay. The old 5-paragraph essay still rules. Diane Lapp, Maria C. Grant, and Marisol Thayre recognize that this way of teaching writing seems inauthentic to most students - and they have research to back this up. Writing in most careers, on the other hand, doesn't ...
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"What kind of writing do we do beyond high school? And why aren't we practicing it now? The writing most often done in school is academic in nature, focusing on form and genre, adding details to narrative and including plenty of citations in an argumentative essay. The old 5-paragraph essay still rules. Diane Lapp, Maria C. Grant, and Marisol Thayre recognize that this way of teaching writing seems inauthentic to most students - and they have research to back this up. Writing in most careers, on the other hand, doesn't require flowing narrative prose or tight iambic pentameter. The purpose of writing in most careers is to communicate complex ideas specific to their fields with non-experts and other experts in their profession or discipline. And writing skill is a predictor of success not only in academia but in civic life and the global economy (Graham & Perin, 2007)"--
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