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Comprone, Joseph – College Composition and Communication, 1978
Applies Burke's dramatistic pentad to the stages of the writing process. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Processes

Campbell, JoAnn – College Composition and Communication, 1994
Reviews the scholarship on the connections between meditation and writing. Analyzes objections to the use of meditation in the writing classroom. Relates experiences using meditation techniques with various writing students. Suggests that writing teachers use meditation techniques with apprehensive or blocked writers. (HB)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Higher Education, Meditation

Reynolds, Nedra; And Others – College Composition and Communication, 1994
Presents a transcript of the electronic discourse in response to Lester Faigley's recent book, "Fragments of Rationality," produced by a networked graduate seminar in composition studies. Discusses the impact of postmodernism on the composition classroom and the potential usefulness of similar networked attempts to write collaboratively.…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Higher Education

Petersen, Bruce T.; Burkland, Jill N. – College Composition and Communication, 1986
Describes a method used to teach freshman students how to make research a conscious part of their reading and writing processes, by helping them use their personal associations with a text and their questions about a text, to compose meaning and become conscious of the activities they are performing. (HTH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Higher Education, Metacognition

Swearingen, C. Jan – College Composition and Communication, 1994
Asks how religious faith and spirituality function in the creative lives of people as makers and searchers. Describes a week-long summer workshop called "Women's Space: Exploring Our Creative and Spiritual Selves." Considers the historical achievements of women as writers and thinkers, and the recent recovery of such work. (HB)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Females, Feminism

Penrose, Ann M.; Geisler, Cheryl – College Composition and Communication, 1994
Uses a case study to explore the concept of academic authority and how it manifests itself in written arguments. Investigates how differences in authority are played out in the academic environment. Examines how the lack of authority shapes the reading and writing practices adopted by students. (HB)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Case Studies, English Curriculum, English Instruction

Campbell, JoAnn – College Composition and Communication, 1992
Discusses the issues of intimacy in the classroom within the context of the experiences of female writing students at Radcliffe College around the turn of the century. Asserts that students need options and the space to examine and move through their own fears. (PRA)
Descriptors: Audience Response, Educational History, English Instruction, Higher Education

Larson, Richard L. – College Composition and Communication, 1987
Cites and annotates 79 scholarly articles in composition and rhetoric drawn from books, monographs, and periodicals published in 1985-86. Excludes reviews of individual books, textbooks, teaching guides (unless theoretically focused), historical surveys, and elementary-secondary education studies. Emphasizes writings on new approaches, theories,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Content Area Writing, Discourse Analysis, Educational Change