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Naming What We Know
Naming What We Know examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies using the lens of "threshold concepts"--concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. The first part of the book defines and describes thirty-seven threshold concepts of... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Activist WPA, The: Changing Stories About Writing and Writers
One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn’t suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians, by pundits and other publics. How well scholars in a discipline articulate their own definition can influence not only issues of image but the very success of the discipline in s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
(Re)Considering What We Know: Learning Thresholds in Writing, Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy
Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies, published in 2015, contributed to a discussion about the relevance of identifying key concepts and ideas of writing studies. (Re)Considering What We Know continues that conversation while simultaneously raising questions about the ideas aro... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies
Naming What We Know examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies using the lens of “threshold concepts”—concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. The first part of the book defines and describes thirty-seven threshold concepts of ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies
Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies, using the lens of “threshold concepts”—concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. This edition focuses on the working definitions of thirty-seven ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Organic Writing Assessment: Dynamic Criteria Mapping in Action
by Linda Adler-Kassner • Bob Broad • Maureen McBride • Barry Alford • Jane Detweiler • Heidi Estrem • Susanmarie Harrington • Eric Stalions • Scott WeedenEducators strive to create “assessment cultures” in which they integrate evaluation into teaching and learning and match assessment methods with best instructional practice. But how do teachers and administrators discover and negotiate the values that underlie their evaluations? Bob Broad’s 2003 vol... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Next Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing
by Nancy Wilson • Rebecca Jackson • Elizabeth Wardle • Linda Adler-Kassner • Christian Smith • Christina Grant • Elizabeth Kleinfeld • Jennifer DeWinter • Rebecca Robinson • Emma Gaier • Megan Wallace • Lisa Tremain • Hiroki Sugimoto • Joy Arbor • Valerie Vera • Gwen Hart • Mysti Rudd • Kristen Di Gennaro • Cat Mahaffey • Shawn Casey • Andrew Ogilvie • Olga Aksakalova • Dominique Zino • Andrew Lucchesi • Gabriel Cutrufello • Michael Michaud • Sarah Read • Francis Johnson • Samuel Stinson • Rebecca Nowacek • Kimberly Hoover • Elle Limesand • Maggie Hammond • Max Wellman • Matthew Bryan • Kevin Roozen • Nicole Stack • Christy I. Wenger • Gabrielle Frick • Patrick Siebel • Katie Jo LaRiviereNext Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing is the first collection of teacher and student voices on a writing pedagogy that puts expert knowledge at the center of the writing classroom. More than forty contributors report on implementations of writing-about-writing pedagogies from the b... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019