| Methods and Methodology in Composition Research Contributor(s): Kirsch, Gesa (Editor), Sullivan, Patricia A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0809317273 ISBN-13: 9780809317271 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1992 Annotation: In original essays, fourteen nationally known scholars examine the practical, philosophical, and epistemological implications of a variety of research traditions. Included are discussions of historical, theoretical, and feminist scholarship; case-study and ethnographic research; text and conversation analysis; and cognitive, experimental, and descriptive research. Issues that cross methodological boundaries, such as the nature of collaborative research and writing, methodological pluralism, the classification and coding of research data, and the politics of composition research, are also examined. Contributors reflect on their own research practices, and so reflect the current state of composition research itself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 91-20141 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.58" W x 8.44" (0.97 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In original essays, fourteen nationally known scholars examine the practical, philosophical, and epistemological implications of a variety of research traditions. Included are discussions of historical, theoretical, and feminist scholarship; case-study and ethnographic research; text and conversation analysis; and cognitive, experimental, and descriptive research. Issues that cross methodological boundaries, such as the nature of collaborative research and writing, methodological pluralism, the classification and coding of research data, and the politics of composition research, are also examined. Contributors reflect on their own research practices, and so reflect the current state of composition research itself. |
