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Computers and Composition

Volume 21, Number 1

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Number of articles: 11

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. What should be an unforgettable face…

    Anne Frances Wysocki & Julia I. Jasken

    pp. 29-48

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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Re: The future of computers and writing: A multivocal textumentary

    Bill Hart-Davidson & Steven D. Krause

    pp. 147-159

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