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Peer reviewedAnson, Chris M. – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Presents a procedural model for use as a prewriting strategy to help students "decenter" or distance themselves from their writing and avoid the generalities that characterize egocentric writing. The model provides opposing viewpoints in a student's analysis of problems or issues. (HTH)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Higher Education, Prewriting, Writing Instruction
Download full textAnson, Chris M. – 1985
Focusing on purpose in the writing of college freshmen, a study examined the writing processes and how they related to the conceptions of purpose of four freshmen enrolled in a composition course at Indiana University. Discourse-based interviews were conducted before and after the students completed three tasks designed to vary their choice of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, College English, College Freshmen
