Teaching Reluctant Writers
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Teaching Reluctant Writers at Coursera Overview
Duration | 15 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Teaching Reluctant Writers at Coursera Highlights
- Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
- Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 2 of 5 in the Teaching Writing Specialization.
Teaching Reluctant Writers at Coursera Course details
- This course first focuses on the reasons student writers may be reluctant and then provides learners with a variety of strategies and practices to help reluctant writers develop a greater comfort and confidence with writing.
- Learners will examine classroom relationships, mentoring, scaffolding, conferencing, low-risk writing and mini-lessons, all tools and techniques that can be brought right into the classroom to help struggling writers increase student participation and success in writing.
Teaching Reluctant Writers at Coursera Curriculum
Understanding Reluctant Writers
Teaching Writing Specialization Welcome Video
Teaching Reluctant Writers Course Welcome Video
Responding to Your Fellow Learners
Module 1 Welcome Video
Why are Some Writers reluctant?
Why Some Writers are Reluctant, Part 2
Reluctant Writer Case Study
The Benefits of Daily Writing
Writing Territories
The Value of Writing Territories
Low-stakes Writing
Instructions for Your Reluctant Writer Case Study
Freewriting
Madman Architect Carpenter Judge
Understanding Reluctant Writers
Engaging Reluctant Writers
Module 2 Welcome
Daybooks
Mentor Texts and Reluctant Writers
Mini-Lessons and Reluctant Writers
The Importance of Asking Questions: A Mini-Lesson Example
Conjunctions: Another Sample Mini-lesson
Vygotsky and the ZPD
Scaffolding
"Ten Strategies to Engage Reluctant Writers"
More Strategies
How Daybooks Helped My Students
Using a Daybook to Promote Student Learning
Scaffolding
To Read More About Scaffolding
Mini-lessons, Vygotsky and Scaffolding
Empowering Reluctant Writers
Module Welcome
Student Conferences
Students' Role in Conferencing
Reflection and Reluctant Writers
The Value of an Authentic Audience
Observing a Student Conference
5-Minute Conferences
Authentic Audiences
Empowering Reluctant Writers
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