Addressing how composers transfer both knowledge about and practices of writing, Writing
across Contexts explores the grounding theory behind a specific composition curriculum …

This popular, comprehensive theory-to-practice text helps teachers understand the task of
writing, L2 writers, the different pedagogical models used in current composition teaching …

Third-generation activity theory (3GAT) has become a popular theoretical and
methodological framework for writing studies, particularly in technical communication. 3GAT …

The relation between writing in formal schooling and writing in other social practices is a
central problem in writing research (eg, critical pedagogy, writing in nonacademic settings …

The present study used a focus group methodology to qualitatively explore elementary
writing teachers' attitudes and experiences using an automated writing evaluation (AWE) …

This article uses corpus methods to examine linguistic expressions of stance in over 4,000
argumentative essays written by incoming first-year university students in comparison with …

One force pulls researchers toward individual applications and separate variations of certain
general, often vague ideas. The other force pulls researchers toward learning from each …

Composition research consistently demonstrates that the social context of writing determines
the majority of conventions any writer must observe. Still, most universities organize the …

The question of how students transfer knowledge is an important one, as it addresses the
larger issue of the educational experience. In Agents of Integration: Understanding Transfer …

In this article we propose, theorize, demonstrate, and report early results from a course that
approaches first-year composition as introduction to Writing Studies. This pedagogy …