Can Composition Textbooks Use Composition Research?.

Tibbetts, Arn; Tibbetts, Charlene

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Publication Date: 1982-Dec

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Can Composition Textbooks Use Composition Research?

Tibbetts, Arn; Tibbetts, Charlene

College English, v44 n8 p855-58 Dec 1982

Reports, from personal textbook publishing experience, that composition teachers do not want the results of research in their textbooks; they want what's familiar to them. (JL)

Descriptors: Rhetoric, Teacher Attitudes, Textbook Content, Textbook Preparation, Textbook Publication, Textbook Selection, Writing Instruction, Writing Research

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Language: English

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