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A Principled Uncertainty: Writing Studies Methods in Contexts of Indigeneity
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Katja Thieme; Shurli Makmillen – College Composition and Communication, 2017
This article uses rhetorical genre theory to discuss methods for writing studies research in light of increasing participation of Indigenous scholars and students in disciplines throughout the academy. Like genres, research methods are embedded in systems of interaction that create subject positions and social relations. Using rhetorical genre…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Research Methodology, Rhetoric, Indigenous Knowledge
Writing Assignments across the Curriculum: A National Study of College Writing
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Melzer, Dan – College Composition and Communication, 2009
In this essay I present the results of a national study of over 2,000 writing assignments from college courses across disciplines. Drawing on James Britton's multidimensional discourse taxonomy and recent work in genre studies, I analyze the rhetorical features and genres of the assignments and consider the significance of my findings through the…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Writing Across the Curriculum, Audiences, Writing Instruction
Students as Sociolinguists: Getting Real Research from Freshman Writers.
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Capossela, Toni-Lee – College Composition and Communication, 1991
Suggests that using sociolinguistics as the subject of a semester-long course leads to real and exciting research rather than technically correct but lifeless "dummy runs" for real research in freshman composition courses. (MG)
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Research Papers (Students), Sociolinguistics