Written Feedback to Support Students’ Higher Level Thinking About Texts in Writing

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Supporting upper elementary students’ higher level (i.e., analytic) thinking about texts in writing is a challenge for many teachers, in large part because what it means to analyze text is not well defined and because this skill is a relatively new expectation in elementary grades. In this article, the authors clarify the goal of three common types of writing assignments that guide students to apply higher level thinking: analysis of literary elements, comparing and contrasting, and interpreting theme. The authors identify some common ways that students’ responses can fall short of the intended thinking demands and offer suggestions for written feedback that teachers can give to get students back on track.

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Wang, E., Matsumura, L. C., & Correnti, R. (2017). Written Feedback to Support Students’ Higher Level Thinking About Texts in Writing. Reading Teacher, 71(1), 101–107. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1584

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