The teaching-focused research question I propose to study next quarter is, “What type of teacher feedback generates substantial student revision?” For this study, I will require revision for two assignments: the literacy narrative and the research proposal. The literacy narrative provides an opportunity to dive deeper into creative writing and work on storytelling elements. The […]
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Accountability is Never Out of Style
Citation: Takayoshi, Pamela, Elizabeth Tomlinson, and Jennifer Castillo. “The Construction of Research Problems and Methods.” Practicing Research in Writing Studies, ed. by Katrina M. Powell and Pamela Takayoshi, Hampton Press, 2012, pp. 97-121. Summary: In this chapter, Takayoshi, Tomlinson, and Castillo explore how researchers make decisions and how a practice of ongoing, guided, critical self-reflection can improve research processes in the field […]
“The Trouble with Outcomes: Pragmatic Inquiry and Educational Aims”
Gallagher, Chris W. “The Trouble with Outcomes: Pragmatic Inquiry and Educational Aims.” College English, vol. 75, no. 1, 2012, pp. 42–60. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24238306. Summary: Gallagher discusses issues surrounding “Outcome Assessment (OA)” based educational aims, and the construction of those aims in regards to the measurement of students work. He begins by conceding that, regardless […]
“Conversations with Texts: Reading in the Teaching of Composition” Mariolina Salvatori
Salvatori, Mariolina. “Conversations with Texts: Reading in the Teaching of Composition” College English 58:4: 4401-454. Web. Summary In this article, Mariolina Salvatori addresses the tendency of introductory college composition courses to minimize traditional literary readings and to focus on writing practices, and posits several alternative reading practices that she believes can do specific service to […]