Hannah's+Process+Reflection

I found the Pritchard and Honeycutt article to be very interesting when I thought about it in relation to my own education. Many of the parts of the writing process that I was taught in middle and high school don't reflect what I think I'll plan on teaching, especially with creative writing. It was interesting learn that the process that's taught in most schools is not really supported by much research, but I do understand the difficulty in isolating factors to do research in education.

I also agree with their emphasis on the process as a messy and rather elusive process. For that reason, explicit instruction is challenging, but necessary, because as students practice, they will internalize the writing process. Just because the process approach is messy and difficult to teach does not excuse resorting to worksheets and other rigid cop outs. This article introduced some complex and difficult arguments, but opened my eyes to more complex ways of viewing the process approach.