Bibliographic Research in Composition Studies (Lenses on Composition Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1602351317 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book helps students make sense of a broadly defined discipline and prepares them to become active and independent learners, as well as original contributors to the unending conversation in composition studies. LENSES ON COMPOSITION STUDIES offers authors the unique opportunity to write for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students who are new to the discipline of Composition Studies. The series provides instructors of advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students texts that are both appropriate and inviting for this fresh but professionally directed audience.. Student readers are taught Stephen North's taxonomy of scholarship, empirical research, and practice so that they can better contextualize the sources they read, and they learn the unique ways that some genre
"Saving the professor's life" according to Beth. Vicki Byard's book on bibliographic methods saved me this semester. I had agreed to teach research methods class for masters students in comp/rhet. The last time I'd taught the course was in 200Saving the professor's life Vicki Byard's book on bibliographic methods saved me this semester. I had agreed to teach research methods class for masters students in comp/rhet. The last time I'd taught the course was in 2003, eight years ago. In those 8 years the world changed. I knew that, but I don't think I knew how much I didn't know until I worked through this book with the class. Byard's book told my students how to find anything they need in order to research their choice of topic. Because all the info about journals and databases is right there, even as their projects take shape the st. , eight years ago. In those 8 years the world changed. I knew that, but I don't think I knew how much I didn't know until I worked through this book with the class. Byard's book told my students how to find anything they need in order to research their choice of topic. Because all the info about journals and databases is right there, even as their projects take shape the st