Another Look: The Process Approach to Composition Instruction.

Pollard, Rita H.

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ERIC Number: EJ430305

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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ISSN: ISSN-0894-3907

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Another Look: The Process Approach to Composition Instruction.

Pollard, Rita H.

Journal of Developmental Education, v14 n3 p30-32,37 Spr 1991

Responds to Thomas Devine's indictment of the process approach to writing instruction, arguing that teaching practices reflecting misapplication of research are often wrongly labeled the process approach and a more precise definition of the process approach should inform debates over its value. Questions Devine's conclusions. (DMM)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Process Approach (Writing), Remedial Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Research, Writing Skills, Writing Strategies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Response to EJ 424 873, "Caveat Emptor: The Writing Process Approach to College Writing," by Thomas G. Devine, Journal of Developmental Education; v14 n1 p2-4 Fall 1990.