Q & R 5

What methods can be used to help students use textual sources persuasively or more efficiently?

Well after reading the article that Kantz wrote, I know without a doubt that many students fall under this category myself included. The problem that a lot of students have is that when they read material presented to them they are just use to summarizing what they read and that is all. A lot of things come into effect when writing. Students just read think of a main idea then write it onto paper which isn’t necessarily correct. Sometime students don’t understand the material but they continue to write as if they did according to Kantz. Not all sources that are read are not accurate and when students read them they get the impression that they are so they use that as reference not knowing that what they use is wrong. All Kantz is trying to refer is that students need to be learned how to do this in order to become better writers and not just do basic summarization.

Jaime A