Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2008

Keywords

Rural Alaskan students, Effective writing prompts

Abstract

Research Question: How can developing strong writing prompts elicit strong student responses concerning the evidence of climate change in a rural Alaskan fishing village?

Method: For this case study, my pre-service secondary teacher education students were paired (via e-mail) with middle school students in rural southwestern Alaska. The Alaskan students were from the small fishing village of Eek, which has a population of approximately 280. Through a process of continual refinement, my secondary education students drafted and revised writing prompts that encouraged the Alaskan students to think in terms of how climate change is changing their way of life.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Middle school students--Native Village of Eek; Climatic changes--Alaska; Report writing--Study and teaching

Genre/Form

reports

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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