Monday, January 24, 2011

Research Archive: Effects of Teaching Technical Writing in Freshman Composition



Question: How does teaching technical writing in freshman composition compare to teaching the literary essay or teaching rhetoric?

Answer: “Teaching technical writing in freshman composition was more effective in lowering student writing anxiety than were literary essay or rhetorical teaching approaches.” NA Raisman. 1984. P. 188.

Comment: More useful and purposeful writing to the average college freshman? RayS.

Title: “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English.” JD Marshall and RK Durst. Research in the Teaching of English (May 1985), pp. 183-204.

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