From the Other Side of the Desk: Students Speak Out about Writing

by Linda Miller Cleary and Linda Miller-Cleary

We can't read this book without becoming more sensitive to the things students react to. And this prompts us to reexamine our teaching strategies, practices, and assumptions. - English Journal Student voices are the backbone of this book. From some five thousand pages of data--in the form of interview transcripts, transcribed composing aloud sessions, student papers, and field notes--the author has distilled a chilling account of what went wrong over...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867092823
• ISBN13: 9780867092820
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12