Yes! Of course. Writing groups. I'm writing my dissertation on that
right now. I should have thought of that. I know these titles by
heart, and they are great for peer response (they are groups of peer
response, after all).
Anne Ruggles Gere wrote the History and Theory of Writing Groups.
That's a good one, although it might not work for undergrads.
Candice Speigelman: Across Property Lines: Textual Ownership in
Writing Groups). Again, good, but not so much for undergrads
(although it does talk a bit about upsides *and* what some students
percieved as possible downsides.
Caroline E. Heller: Until we are strong together: Women writers in the
Tenderloin. Great book for anyone, I think.
Hurlbert's Letters for the Living
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:38:55 -0800 "Kathleen J. Klompien" <kklompien@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Two other thoughts on this. You may need to look at peer review from a
writing groups perspecitve. That way you could bring in Elbow--*Writing wo
Teachers *and there is a writing groups book by a biggie. I don't have it
in my face at the moment, but it might be Gere. I wrote an MA paper on the
topic. If I find the paper--it's amazing what other things I can find to do
when I should be working on my proposal!--I will give you any other gems I
find.
I do find it interesting that all of the big wigs always think it's such a
great idea, but students don't tend to trust the process--similar to ways
they don't trust tutors. I smell a good paper here....
Enough. Backt to work!
On 1/12/06, ms lynch <amy.wordnerd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, All,
I am teaching a course for the first time called Teaching Writing. I'd
like to give them an article, suitable for undergrads, on the pros and cons
of peer review. I thought it would be a snap to find such a scholarly
arcticle, but my EBSCO searches are turning up very little.
Have you read an article, or even a book chapter, that you'd recommend?
Amy
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