Growing Field of Composition Research Forges Links to Literature, Psychology, and Other Disciplines.

Heller, Scott

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Publication Date: 1988

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Growing Field of Composition Research Forges Links to Literature, Psychology, and Other Disciplines.

Heller, Scott

Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n33 pA4-6 Apr 27 1988

The emerging field of composition research grew up around writing instructors hired to teach required courses in freshman composition. Scholars are interested in studying how writers compose, what they intend to express, and who they believe they are writing for. (MLW)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature, Psychology, Rhetoric, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Writing Research

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