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The Storymaker Wheel: An investigation into how teachers and pupils can use a counter‐culture assessment tool to evaluate creative writing in the classroom

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The Curriculum Journal, Volume: 32, Issue: 4

Swansea University Author: Alex Southern Orcid Logo

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This paper outlines the processes of creating a ‘Storymaker Wheel’, a creativity evaluation tool conceptualised with input from a children’s book author, a children’s book illustrator, academics and teachers, for teachers and pupils to use to support and develop their creative writing. It documents...

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ISSN: 0958-5176 1469-3704
Published: Wiley 2021
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