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

Creator:

Slaton, Dorothy N.

Abstract:

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,...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Religion in the writing classroom : toward a pedagogy of possibility

Creator:

May, Laura D.

Abstract:

In this thesis, I examine composition scholarship on the intersections of religious faith and writing pedagogy over the past twenty years, tracing the origins of compositionists' discomfort with religion and focusing on pedagogical approaches for working with religiously-committed students. In particular, I emphasize the way in which these approaches are...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
A pilot study concerning the measurement of the typewriter composition skills of selected postsecondary students

Creator:

Plagens, Donald John

Abstract:

The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether students using a series of planned exercises designed to improve typewriter composition skills would be better able to compose at the typewriter than students in a control group. The study was also concerned with the effect that the use of...

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Dissertation