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Talk About Text: Changes in Content and Authority Structure in Peer Response Groups

Link: http://ncrtl.msu.edu/http/rreports/html/pdf/rr905.pdf

Talk About Text: Changes in Content and Authority Structures in Peer Response Groups (PDF) by Sarah J. McCarthy The literature on peer groups in writing suggests a variety of purposes for peer groupsdepending on teachers' and students' goals: (a) responding to writing, (b) thinking collaboratively,(c) writing collaboratively, and (d) editing writing. Further, groups provide a forum for discussing the writing process, generating ideas, understanding the functions of anaudience, and providing support for engaging in writing.

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• Educational Type: Research study
• Network/channel: Classroom Instruction: Cooperative Learning: Research on Small Group Learning

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