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Download full textYood, Jessica – Composition Forum, 2014
Writing studies' "recent enthusiasm" (Roderick "CF 25") for complexity theory has morphed into higher education's rabid embrace of reform. New curricula claim commitment to an "advanced," "networked," and "global" culture by erasing introductory composition, thereby dismissing the…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Difficulty Level, Educational Change, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRankin, Elizabeth – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1990
Outlines a set of terms which can be used (in sequencing writing assignments from simple to complex) to make distinctions between kinds of sequences and notions of complexity. Shows how these terms allow teachers to understand the logic of various sequences, compare and contrast related sequences, and evaluate the concept of assignment sequence.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Sequential Approach, Writing Assignments
