Rehearsing new roles : how college students develop as writers /

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Author / Creator:Carroll, Lee Ann, 1946-
Imprint:Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2002.
Description:xvi, 166 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in writing & rhetoric
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4753292
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ISBN:0809324490 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1.. A Preview of Writing Development
  • Writing Ability and Literacy Tasks
  • Examining Writing and Literacy Across Academic Disciplines
  • Profiles of Writing Development
  • A Cultural/Environmental View of Development
  • Challenging Faculty Fantasies About Writing
  • An Admonition, a Dispensation, and a Challenge
  • 2.. Studying College Writers: Context and Methods
  • Writing and Literacy in a Cultural Context
  • A Qualitative Methodology for Studying Development
  • 3.. Riding the Literacy Roller Coaster in General Education and First-Year Composition
  • Auditing Writing in Years One and Two
  • Writing That Works in General Education
  • Don't They Learn That in English?
  • Conflict and Resistance: Altering "Normal" Ways of Writing
  • What Composition Can/Not Teach
  • Writing Development in a Great Books Program
  • Teaching the Real Basics
  • 4.. Supporting Writing Development Across Disciplines
  • Direct Teaching of Writing, Research, and Ways of Knowing
  • Responding to Student Writers: Comments and Grades
  • Responding to Student Writers: Correcting Errors, Revising Style
  • Response from Peers
  • Learning Through Experience
  • Constraints on Writing
  • Student Writing Strategies
  • Performing New Roles
  • 5.. A Concluding Look at Development
  • The Role of First-Year Writing Courses
  • Adding an Upper-Level Writing Requirement
  • Assessing Writing Proficiency and Development
  • Recommendations for Instruction
  • Thinking Longitudinally
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • References
  • Index