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Classroom Authority and Practices

Bernstein, Daniel, Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy Goodburn, and Paul Savory. “Making Teaching and Learning Visible.” Making Teaching and Learning Visible: Course Portfolios and the Peer Review of Teaching. Bolton, Mass.: Anker Publishing, 2006.

Bizzell, Patricia. “Classroom Authority and Critical Pedagogy.” American Literary History 3.4 (1991): 847-863.

Browne, M. Neil and Stuart M. Keeley. Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking. 8th ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 2006.

Hanson, Chad M. “Silence and Structure in the Classroom: From Seminar to Town Meeting via ‘Post-it’s.’” National Teaching and Learning Forum Newsletter 9.6 (2000): 1-4. [Click here to read online.]

McCormick, Don and Michael Kahn. “Barn Raising: Collaborative Group Process in Seminars.” EXCHANGE: The Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal 7.4 (1987): 16-20.

McGonigal, Kelly. “Using Class Discussions to Meet Your Teaching Goals.” Speaking of Teaching 15.1 (2005). [Click here to read online.]

Wolf, Dennis P. "The Art of Questioning." Academic Connections (Winter 1987): 1-7.

Designing Assignments

Elbow, Peter. “High Stakes and Low Stakes in Assigning and Responding to Writing.” Assigning and Responding to Writing in the Disciplines. Eds. Mary Deane Sorcinelli and Peter Elbow. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Fulwiler, Toby. “The Personal Connection: Journal Writing across the Curriculum.” Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Eds. Toby Fulwiler and Art Young. Urbana IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1982, pp. 15-31.
[Republished November 3, 2000 by WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies. Click here to read online.]

Gocsik, Karen. “Syllabus and Assignment Design.” Institute for Writing and Rhetoric. 18 Dec. 2007. Dartmouth College. 3 Nov. 2008 <http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/faculty/methods/design.shtml>.

Lynch, Dennis A., Diana George, and Marilyn M. Cooper. “Moments of Argument: Agonistic Inquiry and Confrontational Cooperation.” College Composition and Communication 48.1 (1997): 61-85. [JSTOR subscribers click here to read online.]

Marwine, Alan. “Reflections on the Uses of Informal Writing.” Writing to Learn Mathematics and Science. Eds. Paul Connolly and Teresa Vilardi. New York: Teachers College Press, 1989, 58-72.

Moss, Andrew and Carol Holder. Improving Student Writing: A Guidebook for Faculty in All Disciplines. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt, 1988.

Procter, Margaret. “Designing Assignments and Presenting Them to Students.” 11 Sept. 2007. Writing at the University of Toronto. 3 Nov. 2008 <http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/design.html>.

Young, Art. “Considering Values: The Poetic Function of Language.” Language Connections: Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1982. 77-97.
[Republished November 3, 2000 by WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies. Click here to read online.]

Responding and Grading

Elbow, Peter. “From Grades to Grids.” [Click here to read online.]

Elbow, Peter. “Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking: Sorting Out Three Forms of Judgment.” College English 55.2 (1993): 187-206.

Elbow, Peter. Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process. New York: Oxford University Press (1998).

Straub, Richard. “The Concept of Control in Teacher Response: Defining the Varieties of ‘Directive’ and ‘Facilitative’ Commentary.” College Composition and Communication 47.2 (1996): 223-251. [JSTOR subscribers click here to read online.]

Straub, Richard and Ronald F. Lunsford. Twelve Readers Reading: Responding to College Student Writing. Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton, 1995.

Walvoord, Barbara E. and Virginia Johnson Anderson. Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Thesis and Argument

Dubrow, Heather. “Thesis and Antithesis: Rewriting the Rules on Writing.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 6 Dec. 2002. 3 Nov. 2008 <http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i15/15b01301.htm>.

Gocsik, Karen. “Teaching Argument.” Institute for Writing and Rhetoric. 10 August 2008. Dartmouth College. 3 Nov. 2008 <http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/faculty/pedagogies/argument.html>.

Gocsik, Karen. “Teaching the Thesis Sentence.” Institute for Writing and Rhetoric. 18 Dec. 2007. Dartmouth College. 3 Nov. 2008
<http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/faculty/forum/ideas/thesis.shtml>.

Kneupper, Charles W. “Teaching Argument: An Introduction to the Toulmin Model.” College Composition and Communication 29.3 (1978): 237-241. [JSTOR subscribers click here to read online.]

Grammar

Hartwell, Patrick. “Grammar, Grammars, and the Teaching of Grammar.” College English 47.2 (1985): 105-127. [JSTOR subscribers click here to read online.]

Micciche, Laura. “Making a Case for Rhetorical Grammar.” College Composition and Communication 55.4 (2004): 716-737. [JSTOR subscribers click here to read online.]

Williams, Joseph M. “The Phenomenology of Error.” College Composition and Communication 32.2 (1981): 152-168. [JSTOR subscribers click here to read online.]

Style

Strang, Steven. “Revising Style.” Writing Exploratory Essays. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. 603-631.

ESL

Kaplan, Robert B. “What in the World is Contrastive Rhetoric?” Foreword. Contrastive Rhetoric Revisited and Redefined. Ed. Clayann Gilliam Panetta. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001. vii-xx.

Leki, Ilona. Understanding ESL Writers: A Guide for Teachers. Portsmouth, N.H.: Boynton/Cook, 1992.

Panetta, Clayann Gilliam. “Understanding Cultural Differences in the Rhetoric and Composition Classroom: Constrastive Rhetoric as Answer to ESL Dilemmas.” Contrastive Rhetoric Revisited and Redefined. Ed. Clayann Gilliam Panetta. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001. 3-13.

Shuck, Gail and Debbie Paxton. “Working with Non-Native English Speakers.” Word Works 116. April 2002. Boise State Writing Center. 3 November 2008 <http://www.boisestate.edu/wcenter/ww116.htm>

For Further Reading

Berkenkotter, Carol. “Writing and Problem Solving.” Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Eds. Toby Fulwiler and Art Young. Urbana, IL.: National Council of Teachers of English, 1982. 33-44. [Republished November 3, 2000 by WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies. Click here to read online.]

Felman, Shoshana. “Psychoanalysis and Education: Teaching Terminable and Interminable.” Yale French Studies 63 (1982): 21-44.

George, Diana. “Creating Contexts: Using the Research Paper to Teach Critical Thinking.” English Journal 73.5 (1984): 27-32.

Lindemann, Erika. A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001.

Teaching and Writing About Literature

Johnson, Barbara. “Teaching Deconstructively.” Writing and Reading Differently: Deconstruction and the Teaching of Composition and Literature. Ed. G. Douglas Atkins and Michael L. Johnson. Lawrence: U of Kansas P, 1985. 140-148.

McCormick, Kathleen, M. Waller, Gary Waller, and Linda Flower. Reading Texts: Reading, Responding, Writing. Lexington, Mass: D.C. Heath, 1987.

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