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ERIC Number: EJ617684
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
Repositioning Revision: A Rhetorical Approach To Grading.
Helton, Edwina L.; Sommers, Jeff
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v28 n2 p157-64 Dec 2000
Notes that finding a way to integrate grading and responding in a manner that promotes learning through revision is one major challenge for composition instructors. Argues that instructors must find a way to shape their classrooms shifting the emphasis from "getting it right the first time," to learning to see writing as an activity that evolves and improves through revision. (SC)
Descriptors: Grading, Revision (Written Composition), Rhetoric, Two Year Colleges, Writing Evaluation, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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