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Holistic writing: integrated patterns.
Abstract
This study examines a small group of upper elementary students who have struggled with language foundations and the fundamentals of writing. Focusing principally on English language learners and learning disabled students, classroom investigation takes a close look at behaviors that demonstrate a surprisingly broad range of student needs. It weighs these behaviors against related theory and research to identify instructional implications.
Introduction
There is a relative directness about the English language--as Robert Kaplan saw it, a dominantly linear pattern of thought and discourse (Kaplan, 1966)--that seems to serve the dual ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Holistic writing: integrated patterns.