| Description |
1 online resource (578 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Empirical Research and Rhetoric: Reading in a Developing Tradition -- Chapter 2: Reading Research Reports -- Part 2 -- Chapter 3: Reading Literature, What Happens When Our Students Read, and What Can We Do About It? -- Chapter 4: Archeology of Literacy, The Art of Rhetoric at the Amphiareion of Oropos -- Chapter 5: Writing in the Academy: What Really Happens, This Was an Easy Assignment: Examining How Students Interpret Academic Writing Tasks |
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Chapter 6: Communication in Cross Cultural Contexts, ""Shared Information:"" Some Observations of Communication in Japanese Technical Settings -- Chapter 7: Communicating with Low-Literate Adults, Designing for the Real World: Using Research to Turn a ""Target Audience"" into Real People -- Chapter 8: Bedtime Stories in the Piedmont, The Achievement of Preschool Literacy for Mother and Child -- Chapter 9: The Elusive Topic Sentence, The Frequency and Placement of Topic Sentences in Expository Prose |
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Chapter 10: Replicating Braddock, The Frequency and Placement of Main Ideas in Children's Social Studies Textbooks: A Modified Replication of Braddock's Research on Topic Sentences -- Chapter 11: Reporting on Journalists, Expertise in News Writing -- Chapter 12: Teaching Experience and Placement Skill, The Importance of Teacher Knowledge in College Composition Placement Testing |
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Chapter 13: Writing for Different Professional Audiences: Telling Teachers and Researchers About Text Evaluation, How Characteristics of Student Essays Influence Teachers' Evaluations and Why Do Teachers Give the Grades They Do? -- Chapter 14: Defining Writing Tasks for Students, Redefining Revision for Freshmen -- Chapter 15: The Impact of Cooperative Writing, Cooperative Writing Direct Effects and Transfer -- Chapter 16: Development of Literary Awareness, Developmental Differences in Response to a Story |
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Chapter 17: Experimenting in Schools, The Effects of Observational Activities on Student Writing -- Chapter 18: Metacognition in Writing, Investigating the Control of Writing Skills -- Chapter 19: Writing from Sources, Discourse Synthesis: Creating Texts from Texts -- Chapter 20: Is Writing a Gift? The Impact on Students Who Believe It Is, The Notion of Giftedness and Student Expectations About Writing -- Part 3 -- Glossary -- Additional Readings |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Young, Richard E
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Matchett, Michele L
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McCaffrey, Maggie
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Cochran, Cynthia
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| ISBN |
9781135441210 |
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1135441219 |
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