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  • Composing for Social Change : Clashes of Ideographs and Ideology in the Composition Classroom

    Creator:
    Gasser, Chris
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    Clashes of ideology are all around us, from our computer and television screens to our composition classrooms, and they merit attention within the composition classroom. This thesis examines the justifications and pedagogies that scholars in rhetoric and composition use to infuse issues of ideology and social ethics into writing instruction...
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    Masters Thesis
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    thesis examines the justifications and pedagogies that scholars in rhetoric and composition use to

  • Shifting the scholarly conversation : a rhetorical reading of Peter Elbow's work

    Creator:
    Slaton, Dorothy N.
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    Shifting the Scholarly Conversation: A Rhetorical Reading of Peter Elbow's Work explores Peter Elbow's contributions to the field of writing and rhetoric. Over the course of his long career, Elbow’s scholarly and pedagogical work has been much praised and much criticized. Elbow's work has influenced generations of teachers and writers,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Elbow’s Work explores Peter Elbow’s contributions to the field of writing and rhetoric. Over the course

  • Public Proof : Science Communication, Weak Theory, and the Nonrational

    Creator:
    Snyder, Wesley M.
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    A 2014 Pew Research poll revealed large gaps between public opinion and scientific opinion over environmental and biomedical issues (Funk and Rainie). Similarly, a number of recent popular books have described a growing public mistrust in scientific expertise (Mooney; Storr; Specter). Why is it, then, that so much of the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , and there are people whom one cannot instruct. -Aristotle. The Rhetoric. Introduction In

  • Argument and common ground : scholarly research meets the common core state standards

    Creator:
    Clark, Jillian
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    This thesis examines the recent history of the teaching of argument and its implications in the face of new writing standards being implemented in K-12 classrooms under the Common Core State Standards. The new educational policies will shift the focus of writing instruction onto argument writing as part of students'...
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    Masters Thesis
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    “argument,” “debate,” “rhetoric,” and significant names in the argument field, such as Aristotle, Toulmin