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Bad Ideas About Writing
Bad Ideas About Writing counters major myths about writing instruction. Inspired by the provocative science- and social-science-focused book This Idea Must Die and written for a general audience, the collection offers opinionated, research-based statements intended to spark debate and to offer a better way of teaching writing. Contributors, as scholars of rhetoric and composition, provide a snapshot of and antidotes to major myths in writing instruction.
- Tác giả
- Cheryl E. Ball & Drew M. Loewe ed.
- Nhà xuất bản
- West Virginia University
- Nguồn
- LibreTexts
- Giấy phép
- CC BY
- Ngôn ngữ
- EN
- Danh mục
- Tiếng Anh
Mục lục· 70 mục
- 01: Bad Ideas About What Good Writing is ...
- 1.01: Rhetoric is Synonymous with Empty Speech
- 1.02: America is Facing a Literacy Crisis
- 1.03: First-Year Composition Prepares Students For Academic Writing
- 1.04: First-Year Composition Should Be Skipped
- 1.05: You Can Learn to Write in General
- 1.06: Writing Knowledge Transfers Easily
- 1.07: Reading and Writing is Not Connected
- 1.08: Reading is Not Essential to Writing Instruction
- 02: Bad Ideas About Who Good Writers are ...
- 2.01: Writers are Mythical Magical and Damaged
- 2.02: You Need My Credentials to be a Writers
- 2.03: Only Geniuses can be Writers
- 2.04: Some People are Just Born Good Writers
- 2.05: Failure is Not an Option
- 2.06: There is One Correct Way of Writing and Speaking
- 2.07: African American Language is not Good English
- 2.08: Official American English is Best
- 2.09: Writers Block Just Happens to People
- 2.10: Strong Writing and Writers Dont Need Revision
- 2.11: The More Writing Process the Better
- 03: Bad Ideas About Style Usage and Grammar
- 3.01: Strunk and White Set the Standard
- 3.02: Good Writers Always Follow My Rules
- 3.03: Writers Must Develop a Strong Original Voice
- 3.04: Leave Yourself Out of Your Writing
- 3.05: Response- Never Use I
- 3.06: The Passive Voice Should be Avoided
- 3.07: Teaching Grammar Improves Writing
- 3.08: Good Writers Must Know Grammatical Terminology
- 3.09: Grammar Should Be Taught Separately As Rules to Learn
- 04: Bad Ideas About Writing Techniques
- 4.01: Formal Outlines are Always Useful
- 4.02: Students Should Learn About the Logical Fallacies
- 4.03: Logos is Synonymous with Logic
- 05: Bad Ideas About Genres
- 5.01: Excellent Academic Writing Must be Serious
- 5.02: Creative Writing is a Unique Category
- 5.03: Popular Culture is Killing Writing
- 5.04: Popular Culture is Only Useful as a Text for Criticism
- 5.05: The Five-Paragraph Essay is Rhetorically Sound
- 5.06: The Five-Paragraph Essay Transmits Knowledge
- 5.07: The Five-Paragraph Theme Teaches Beyond the Test
- 5.08: Research Starts with Answers
- 5.09: Research Starts with a Thesis Statement
- 5.10: The Traditional Research Paper is Best
- 5.11: Citing Sources is a Basic Skill Learned Early On
- 5.12: Plagiarism Deserves to be Punished
- 06: Bad Ideas About Assessing Writing
- 6.01: Grading Has Always Made Writing Better
- 6.02: Rubrics Save Time and Make Grading Criteria Visible
- 6.03: Rubrics Oversimplify the Writing Process
- 6.04: When Responding to Student Writing More is Better
- 6.05: Student Writing Must be Graded by the Teacher
- 6.06: Machines can Evaluate Writing Well
- 6.07: Plagiarism Detection Services are Money Well Spent
- 6.08: SAT Scores are Useful for Placing Students in Writing Courses
- 07: Bad Ideas About Writing and Digital Technology
- 7.01: Texting Ruins Students Grammar Skills
- 7.02: Texting Ruins Literacy Skills
- 7.03: Gamification Makes Writing Fun
- 7.04: The More Digital Technology the Better
- 7.05: Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
- 08: Bad Ideas About Writing Teachers
- 8.01: Youre Going to Need This for College
- 8.02: Dual-Enrollment Writing Classes Should Always be Pursued
- 8.03: Secondary-School English Teachers Should Only be Taught Literature
- 8.04: Face-to-Face Courses are Superior to Online Courses
- 8.05: Anyone Can Teach an Online Writing Course
- 8.06: Anyone Can Teach Writing