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Many major sections of this Web site have a "Theory and Pedagogy" page in which one or more related, introductory-level essays on writing theory and pedagogy are available, either on the page itself or in linked Web sites. The essays vary in length. They and other essays and similar resources are listed on this page.
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There are two lists below: a subject list and a title list. Clicking on the items in the subject list will take you further below to the titles in the title list. Clicking on the items in the title list will take you to the articles themselves.
You may also access articles on theory from the sections and chapters for students. For example, if you are in the section called "Arguing," you will find the link "Theory" in the brown bars of the home page for the section.
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Starting B. Arguing
C. Responding to Readings D. Online
Help
E. Reading
F. Speaking G. Thinking
H. Revising I.
Editing
J. Writing
to Literature K. Creating
L. Analyzing M. Describing
N-P. Writing in Many Fields Q. Researching
R. Basic Writing S. Teaching
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Section A. Starting
Freewriting as Critical Thinking: "Freewriting as a Heuristic Activity"
Section B. Arguing
Section C. Responding to Expository Readings
Readings in Writing Classes: "Should Readings Be Assigned in Composition Courses?"
Section D. Online Help
"Overcoming Classroom Design: Group Writing in Computer Classrooms" (online in The ACE Journal) (Productive Arrangements of Computers in Labs)
"Using Role-Playing in Groups to Teach Thinking" (Simple, Enjoyable Methods of Introducing Critical Thinking)
Section E. Reading
Teaching Reading at All Levels: "Reading a lost art" --from the Denver Post, March 14, 2004: www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~26~2011607,00.html
Section F. Speaking
Section G. Thinking
Sections H. & I. Revising and Editing
Grammar: "The Erasure of the Sentence" by Robert Conners (Link to)
Organizing Using Critical Thinking: "The Heuristic Structures of Writing"
Section J. Writing to Literature
Metaphor: "How Can Metaphor Be Taught?"
The Nobel Prize: "The Nobel Prize--History and Canonicity"
Transfer of Writing Skills: See "Inductive Writing: From Classroom to Workplace."
Section K. Creating
Narrative Writing: "The Heart of the Muses: Teaching Narrative Writing Using Mythic/Archetypal Literary Criticism"
Section L. Analyzing
Section M. Describing
Sections N-P. Writing in Many Fields
Adaptation & Transfer: "Inductive Writing: From Classroom to Workplace"
Section Q. Researching
Section R. Basic Writing
Section S. Teaching
"Checklist Grading" (for More Drafting and More Time with Students)
"Holistic Scoring" (The Popular System Used to Score Papers Quickly--Alone or in Instructor Groups)
"Rubrics" (The Basics of the Evaluation System that is Popular, Clear, Concise, and Teachable)
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The ACE Journal was the Journal of the NCTE Assembly on Computers in English, with three issues published and available online: http://english.ttu.edu/ace/journal/journal.html.
American Educator is the AFT's professional magazine for secondary and elementary instructors with a regular, guest-written column on cognitive science and learning: www.aft.org/american_educator/.
The Chronicle of Higher Education at http://chronicle.com/index.htm offers free general news articles about the profession of college teaching, and--for a fee--a larger database of pedagogy and news articles. Online, it also has Chronicle Careers, a free career-advice column at http://chronicle.com/jobs/archive/advicearch.htm#catalyst, and The Adjunct Track, a free column of "career advice for part-time instructors," at http://chronicle.com/jobs/archive/advice/adjunct.htm.
"CompFAQS" at http://comppile.tamucc.edu/wiki/CompFAQs is a major Web site from the WPA (Writing Program Administrators) that offers a wide variety of resources for writing programs and instructors.
"CompPile" at http://comppile.tamucc.edu is a major Web site from the WPA (Writing Program Administrators) that offers a large number of essays and similar readings about writing pedagogy.
Computers & Composition Online--an International Journal, it has a new set of essays twice a year on theory, pedagogy, and other aspects of writing and teaching using computer technology. No archived essays are available, so check it twice a year to see current essays and/or download them: http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/home.htm.
EdResearch.info is a Web site with excellent academic resources that include summaries of and links to research on reading and writing. Though the focus is K-12, some results are applicable to college composition and reading: http://www.edresearch.info.
Educause Quarterly (formerly Cause/Effect) is "a practitioner's journal about managing and using information resources in higher education": http://www.educause.edu/pub/eq/
JAC is a prominent, peer-reviewed writing journal that offers theoretical articles on rhetoric, writing, and education, with free online archives: http://jac.gsu.edu/.
Lore has helpful information for adjunct and graduate-student writing instructors: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/lore/.
The National Teaching and Learning Forum is a newsletter with short but substantive articles about teaching practice and pedagogy for both secondary and college instructors.
Syllabus is an online magazine focusing on the uses of technology in higher education: www.syllabus.com.
Tomorrow's Professor Listserv, from Stanford University, has hundreds of reprints of short essays about teaching and learning in the future. You also can subscribe to receive articles emailed twice weekly: http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/index.shtml.
The Writing Instructor is a prominent, peer-reviewed, free online composition journal: http://www.writinginstructor.com/ (home), http://www.writinginstructor.com/sitemap.html (lists of articles and authors), and http://www.writinginstructor.com/archives/bibliography.html (tables of contents of old issues).
Writing journals, additional: see "Lists of Other Links" below.
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The Writing Instructor's "Rhetoric and Composition Journals on the Web": http://www.writinginstructor.com/resources/ejournals.html (contains many links and abstracts but few or no full-page essays)
Links to journals, listservs, organizations, et al.: http://www.rhetcomp.com/Training for Instructors: See "Instructors' Guides and Training Materials" and "Lore."
Writing professionals, additional resources: See "Online Help for Instructors."
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