EmPOWER: Expository Writing Instruction
EmPOWER is an instructional method that teaches students to write expository text. It was developed by Dr. Bonnie Singer and Dr.
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Just as the nature of and expectation for literacy has changed in the past century and a half, so has the nature of writing. Much of that change has been due to technological developments, from pen and paper, to typewriter, to word processor, to networked computer, to design software capable of composing words, images, and sounds. These developments not only expanded the types of texts that writers produce, they also expanded immediate access to a wider variety of readers.Learning Disabilities and Foreign Language Learning
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