Computers and Composition
Volume 21, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 11
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Four dimensions of significance: Tradition, method, theory, originality
Hugh Burns
In this article, I reflect on four dimensions of assessing the significance of research in the computers and composition field: tradition, method, theory, and originality. Considering these four... More
pp. 5-13
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The good, the bad, the complex: Computers and Composition in transition
Sibylle Gruber
In this article I use Albert Borgmann’s (1984) four-part theory of technology to analyze various contributions to Computers and Composition—initially enthusiastic, sometimes fearful, and later... More
pp. 15-28
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What should be an unforgettable face…
Anne Frances Wysocki & Julia I. Jasken
pp. 29-48
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Teaching with technologies: A reflexive auto-ethnographic portrait
Beatrice Quarshie Smith
This reflective article chronicles the process of my development as a writer, a learner, a teacher, and a researcher who happens to engage the practices of writing, learning, teaching, and... More
pp. 49-62
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The future threat to computers and composition: Nontenured instructors, intellectual property, and distance education
Robert Samuels
In this article, I argue that recent initiatives concerning the use of computer-mediated instruction to improve writing skills in large lecture classes often work to undermine the professional... More
pp. 63-71
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Reimagining writing program web sites as pedagogical tools
Barclay Barrios
I argue that conversations about the pedagogical applications of web sites and HTML should be extended to include applications of these technologies on the programmatic level. I specifically... More
pp. 73-87
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Looking for sources of coherence in a fragmented world: Notes toward a new assessment design
Kathleen Blake Yancey
Assessing digital texts requires criteria and processes responsive to the texts as compositions. In this article, I note that current software already assesses digital texts, and I suggest ways to ... More
pp. 89-102
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The body of Charlie Brown’s teacher: What instructors should know about constructing digital subjectivities
Kevin Eric De Pew
Although scholars from multiple fields, including rhetoric and composition, have studied and theorized how computer users can construct empowered subject positions with digital writing technologies... More
pp. 103-118
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How international is Computers and Composition?
Taku Sugimoto
In this article, I examine to what extent Computers and Composition: An International Journal for Teachers of Writing is international. My analysis of several aspects of the journal indicates... More
pp. 119-127
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The not-so-distant future: Composition studies in the culture of biotechnology
Michelle Sidler
As composition studies came to terms with technologized classrooms in the late 20th century, another field of science, biotechnology, also came into maturation. Here I address how biotechnology is ... More
pp. 129-145
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Re: The future of computers and writing: A multivocal textumentary
Bill Hart-Davidson & Steven D. Krause
pp. 147-159