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Text Design Patterns in the Writing of Urban African American Students: Teaching to the Cultural Strengths of Students in Multicultural Settings

Detailed text analysis was used to examine the expository writing patterns of four academically successful African American high school students. These bidialectic students brought culturally influenced text design patterns into the classroom. Implications for writing instruction for culturally diverse students are discussed. (SLD)

• Author/Creator: Ball, Arnetha F.
• Date Published: Oct
• Journal/Secondary Title: Urban Education
• Number: 3
• Volume: 30
• Year: 1995

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Cultural Differences
• Subject: Cultural Pluralism
• Subject: English Instruction
• Subject: High Schools
• Subject: High School Students
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Urban Education
• Subject: Urban Youth
• Subject: Writing Instruction

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