What is "college-level" writing? / edited by Patrick Sullivan, Howard Tinberg.

Contributor(s): Sullivan, Patrick, 1956- | Tinberg, Howard B, 1953-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, 2006Description: xviii, 418 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780814156742; 0814156746Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric | Report writingLOC classification: PE1408 | .W564 2006Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1. An essential question: what is "college-level" writing? / Patrick Sullivan -- pt. I. High school perspectives. 2. Whistling in the dark / Merrill J. Davies -- 3. Am I a liar? The angst of a high school English teacher / Jeanette Jordan, with Karena K. Nelson...[et al.] -- 4. The Salem witch trials: voice(s) / Alfredo Celedon Lujan -- 5. The truth about high school English / Milka Mustenikova Mosley -- pt. II. College perspectives. 6. Good enough writing: what is good enough writing, anyway? / Lynn Z. Bloom -- 7. Whose paper is this, anyway? Why most students don't embrace the writing they do for their writing classes / Michael Dubson -- 8. The boxing effect (an anti-essay) / Jeanne Gunner -- 9. What does the instructor want? The view from the Writing Center / Muriel Harris -- 10. It's not the high school teachers' fault: an alternative to the blame game / Peter Kittle -- 11. What is college writing for? / Ellen Andrews Knodt -- 12. Scripting writing across campuses: writing standards and student representations / Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson and Ellenmarie Cronin Wahlrab -- 13. From attitude to aptitude: assuming the stance of a college writer / Ronald F. Lunsford -- 14. Do you believe in magic? Collaboration and the demystification of research / Kathleen McCormick -- 15. A community college professor reflects on first-year composition / John Pekins -- 16. Defining by assessing / Edward M. White -- 17. Coming to terms: vocabulary as a means of defining first-year composition / Kathleen Blake Yancey, with Brian M. Morrison -- pt. III. Student perspectives. 18. The great conversation (of the dining hall): one student's experience of college-level writing / Kimberly L. Nelson -- 19. Putting on the sunglasses: the argumentative thesis as the keystone to "good" college writing / Mike Quilligan -- 20. Bam / Amanda Winalski -- pt. IV. Administrative perspectives. 21. College-level writing: a departmental perspective / James M. Gentile -- 22. A lot like us, but more so: listening to writing faculty across the curriculum / Susan E. Schorn -- 23. The recursive character of college writing / Chris Kearns -- 24. College writing, academic literacy, and the intellectual community: California dreams and cultural oppositions / Sheridan Blau -- Appendix. Continuing the conversation: a dialogue with our contributors.
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1. An essential question: what is "college-level" writing? / Patrick Sullivan -- pt. I. High school perspectives. 2. Whistling in the dark / Merrill J. Davies -- 3. Am I a liar? The angst of a high school English teacher / Jeanette Jordan, with Karena K. Nelson...[et al.] -- 4. The Salem witch trials: voice(s) / Alfredo Celedon Lujan -- 5. The truth about high school English / Milka Mustenikova Mosley -- pt. II. College perspectives. 6. Good enough writing: what is good enough writing, anyway? / Lynn Z. Bloom -- 7. Whose paper is this, anyway? Why most students don't embrace the writing they do for their writing classes / Michael Dubson -- 8. The boxing effect (an anti-essay) / Jeanne Gunner -- 9. What does the instructor want? The view from the Writing Center / Muriel Harris -- 10. It's not the high school teachers' fault: an alternative to the blame game / Peter Kittle -- 11. What is college writing for? / Ellen Andrews Knodt -- 12. Scripting writing across campuses: writing standards and student representations / Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson and Ellenmarie Cronin Wahlrab -- 13. From attitude to aptitude: assuming the stance of a college writer / Ronald F. Lunsford -- 14. Do you believe in magic? Collaboration and the demystification of research / Kathleen McCormick -- 15. A community college professor reflects on first-year composition / John Pekins -- 16. Defining by assessing / Edward M. White -- 17. Coming to terms: vocabulary as a means of defining first-year composition / Kathleen Blake Yancey, with Brian M. Morrison -- pt. III. Student perspectives. 18. The great conversation (of the dining hall): one student's experience of college-level writing / Kimberly L. Nelson -- 19. Putting on the sunglasses: the argumentative thesis as the keystone to "good" college writing / Mike Quilligan -- 20. Bam / Amanda Winalski -- pt. IV. Administrative perspectives. 21. College-level writing: a departmental perspective / James M. Gentile -- 22. A lot like us, but more so: listening to writing faculty across the curriculum / Susan E. Schorn -- 23. The recursive character of college writing / Chris Kearns -- 24. College writing, academic literacy, and the intellectual community: California dreams and cultural oppositions / Sheridan Blau -- Appendix. Continuing the conversation: a dialogue with our contributors.

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