17. Writing can promote discovery, comprehension, and retention of information in the learning process. In
recent years, teachers have begun to use many phases of the writing process in their content-area
classrooms. They have found that writing helps students clarify their thoughts and remember what they
have learned. _______________ Indeed, many researchers have supported the use of writing in content
areas by showing that students who write tend to understand more and remember more.
(A) We believe that journals and learning logs can be used for different purposes.
(B) Most of the strategies involve organizing information in order to make learning more complicated.
(C) In addition, they can also evaluate and assist their students’ learning by reading students’ journals
and notebooks.
(D) Writing summaries is not as easy as writing in journals or notebooks.