The use of peer groups to respond to student papers is a long-established practice in the composition classroom, so well entrenched, that they may sometimes employ peer response without thoroughly evaluating underlying assumptions and beliefs about how such groups operate. As a central tenet of the writing process movement, peer response was…

Argues that writing instructors have a significant role to play in producing important computer-writing research. Asserts that the insights these instructors gain from teaching inform their research and guide their research practices by allowing them to distinguish subtle patterns and questions worthy of investigation. (PRA)