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Comment on Creativity, Genius, Imagination, Originality by Part 1 | clickwallpaper

Part 1 | clickwallpaper — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:25:05 +0000

[...] As a result of this video I wanted to research what Composition and Rhetoric had to say about creativity, genius, and originality and the relationship with technology which has the power to expose “creation myths.” I went to Rebecca Moore Howard’s Bibliography where I found this list. [...]

Comment on Visual Rhetoric by Welcome to Visual Rhetoric and Design!! « jonesyokstate

Welcome to Visual Rhetoric and Design!! « jonesyokstate — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:42:23 +0000

[...] will, of course, also cover writing in the field of composition and rhetoric that makes arguments concerning the importance of visual communication and composition in the [...]

Comment on Research papers by Expos-i-story: telling the stories of our teaching lives in ENG105 - On Research: part II

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:28:04 +0000

[...] Rebecca Moore Howard is an important Composition scholar and she has assemble a bibliography of articles about/on research that you can find here. [...]

Comment on Why use a handbook? by Ten principles of teaching with a handbook | Rebecca Moore Howard

Ten principles of teaching with a handbook | Rebecca Moore Howard — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:13:18 +0000

[...] also talking about how a handbook can best be woven into the syllabus (rather than just being a putative reference work for the students). To anchor those conversations, I drafted a list of my own principles of handbook [...]

Comment on Using the handbook in class: Reading assignments and peer groups by As the term starts rolling along

As the term starts rolling along — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:13:04 +0000

[...] • Composition instructors know it can be difficult to teach using a handbook. How do we approach the text as a useful resource for students? All too often it’s easy to assign pages from a handbook for students to read, or to provide links to online resources and move on, assuming students are going to go there on their own. Rebecca Moore Howard provides ten principles of teaching with a handbook, a useful list that stresses teaching how to use the handbook—a lifelong skill for writers. She has more on what she’s doing in class with the handbook. [...]

Comment on Why use a handbook? by Jim Pangborn

Jim Pangborn — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:35:00 +0000

I’ve been doing this for some years now, and I’ll recommend it for anyone. As it happens, the SUNY where I work requires a standard handbook (Hacker’s Rules for Writers)for all students–at least partly to have a standard dispute-settler, to keep the profs’ notions of correctness from diverging too wildly. At the Community College where I also expiate the sins of my past lives, my ex-students can often be seen carrying their yellow Hackers like badges of honor. I was also asked by one former student to donate an extra desk copy to the local branch library where she had subsequently found a job. People quickly realize the practical value of such a thing.

Comment on Researching the researcher by RebeccaH

RebeccaH — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:41:03 +0000

Yes, you’re right. That’s some research that needs to be done. And in general, I think there needs to be a lot more dialogue among faculty in two- and four-year institutions. We have a lot to learn from each other.

Comment on Researching the researcher by hcox

hcox — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:45:42 +0000

Traditionally, the second writing course required of all students who seek a four-year degree deals with researched writing. Since the 80s the course has dealt almost exclusively with the research paper at most four-year institutions, but I have been suprised to learn how many community college still teach it the old way: as a literary genres course with a research paper component. It would be interesting to see if there is a difference between how community college students see sources and citation issues (coming from a literary paper perspective in their Freshman writing experience) as opposed to students from four-year institutions (who come from a writing across the curricula or rhetoric course perspectives primarily).

Comment on Full circle by Allison Jones

Allison Jones — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:20:46 +0000

I would happy to offer the use of Connect Composition (with integrated peer review) this Fall term, in exchange for feedback, to any readers of Writing Conversations. Please email me directly at English@mcgraw-hill.com if you are interested or have questions. You can also visit http://www.mcgrawhillconnect.com for more information. Thanks!

Comment on Full circle by T J Geiger

T J Geiger — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:09:45 +0000

Thanks for the info and fast response.