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Below you will find materials on writing theory, practice, and assessment located in Beeghly Library, grouped by subject.

(Summary): Some listings include a summary of the work. Eventually, it'll be possible to get a pretty good overview of the material in the library by reading through the summaries. More summaries to come!

Theory

Berthoff, Ann E. Forming, Thinking, Writing : the Composing Imagination . Rochelle Park, N.J. : Hayden, 1978. PE1408.B485

Gordimer, Nadine. Writing and Being. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard UP, 1995. PN771 .G67 1995

Langer, Judith A. and Arthur N. Applebee. How Writing Shapes Thinking: A Study of Teaching and Learning . Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1987. PE1404.L25 ( Summary )

Villanueva, Victor Jr. Cross-Talk in Comp Theory. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1997. PE1404.C755 1997

Practice

Donovan, Timothy R. Eight Approaches to Teaching Composition. Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, 1980. LB1576.E34

Elbow, Peter. Writing with Power : Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process. New York : Oxford University Press, 1981. PE1408.E39

Elbow, Peter. Writing without Teachers. New York: Oxford UP, 1973. PE1409.5 .E5 1982

Flower, Linda. Problem-Solving Strategies for Writing. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. PN187.F56 1989

Graves, Richard, ed. Rhetoric and Composition : a Sourcebook for Teachers. Rochelle Park, N.J. : Hayden, 1976. PE1065.R48

Murphy, James Jerome. A Short History of Writing Instruction from Ancient Greece to Twentieth-Century America. Davis, Calif. : Hermagoras Press, 1990. PN183.S45 1990

Murray, Donald. A Writer Teaches Writing : a Practical Method of Teaching Composition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. PN181.M8

Walvoord, Barbara E., Linda Lawrence Hunt, H. Fil Dowling Jr., and Joan D. McMahon. In the Long Run: A Study of Faculty in Three Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1997. PE1404.I4 1997 ( Summary )

Walvoord, Barbara E. Helping Students Write Well : A Guide for Teachers in All Disciplines. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1982. PE1408 .W34 1982

Collaborative Learning

Dale, Helen. Co-Authoring in the Classroom: Creating an Environment for Effective Collaboration. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1997. PE1404.D35 1997

Hawkins, Thom. Group Inquiry Techniques for Teaching Writing. Urbana, Ill. : ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, National Institute of Education, 1976. LB2357.E5 H29

Computer-Mediated Communication

Bruce, Bertram C., Joy Kreeft Peyton, Trent Batson, eds. Network-Based Classrooms: Promises and Realities. New York, NY : Cambridge UP, 1993. LB1576.7 .B79 1993

Gerrard, Lisa. Writing at Century's End : Essays on Computer-Assisted Composition. New York : Random House, 1987. PE1404 .W6944 1987

Reiss, Donna, Dickie Selfe, and Art Young, eds. Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1998. PE1404.E43 1998

Journals

Fulwiler, Toby, ed. The Journal Book. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1987. PE1404.J76 1987

Gardner, Susan, and Toby Fulwiler, eds. The Journal Book for Teachers in Technical and Professional Programs. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1999. PE1475.J68 1999

Service Learning

Adler-Kassner, Linda, Robert Crooks, and Ann Watters, eds. Writing the Community: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Composition. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1997. PE1405.U6W75 1997

Assessment

Cooper, Charles R., and Lee Odell, eds. Evaluating Writing: The Role of Teachers' Knowledge about Text, Learning, and Culture. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1999. PE1404.E93 1999

Greenberg, Karen L., Harvey S. Wiener, Richard A. Donovan, eds. Writing Assessment : Issues and Strategies. New York : Longman, 1986. PE1404.W694 1986

Tchudi, Stephen, ed. Alternatives to Grading Student Writing. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1997. LB1576.A615 1997

White, Edward M., William D. Lutz, and Sandra Kamusikiri, eds. Assessment of Writing: Politics, Policies, Practices. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1996. PE1404.A88 1996

Wolcott, Willa, and Sue M. Legg. An Overview of Writing Assessment: Theory, Research and Practice. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1998. LB1576.W63 1998

Yancey, Kathleen Blake, and Brian Huot, eds. Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum: Diverse Approaches and Practices. Greenwich, Conn.: Ablex, 1997.  PE1404 .A87 1997 ( Summary )

Zak, Frances, and Christopher C. Weaver, eds. The Theory and Practice of Grading Writing: Problems and Possibilities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. PE1404.T47 1998

Portfolios

Belanoff, Pat, and Marcia Dickson, eds. Portfolios: Process and Product. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1991. LB3051.P61 1991

Black, Laurel, Donald A. Daiker, Jeffrey Sommers, and Gail Stygall, eds. New Directions in Portfolio Assessment: Reflective Practice, Critical Theory, and Large-Scale Scoring. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1994. LB1631.5.N48 1994

Gill, Kent, ed. Process and Portfolios in Writing Instruction. Urbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1993. LB1631.P76 1993

Yancey, Kathleen Blake, and Irwin Weiser, ed. Situating Portfolios: Four Perspectives. Logan, Utah: Utah State UP, 1997. LB1576.W63 1998 (Summary)
 
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