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ERIC Number: EJ370574
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Growing Field of Composition Research Forges Links to Literature, Psychology, and Other Disciplines.
Heller, Scott
Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n33 pA4-6 Apr 27 1988
The emerging field of composition research grew up around writing instructors hired to teach required courses in freshman composition. Scholars are interested in studying how writers compose, what they intend to express, and who they believe they are writing for. (MLW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature, Psychology, Rhetoric, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conference on College Composition and Communi