Writing is a way of thinking 2.
Writing is a way of thinking.
Students come to us as unused to seeing writing as an instrument for discovering and shaping their insights. Often they see it simply as a means of presenting what they have learned. Sample Strategies for Teaching Students to Think Provide opportunities for students to do unstructured and ungraded exploratory writing preceding a more public version. Give students choices about the writing tasks they will undertake and a range of subjects they can write on. Carry out a critical reading of a challenging text, analyzing the author's argument.