From the early formation of letters to crafting an essay, writing involves perhaps more subskills than any other academic task. To write well requires combining multiple physical and mental processes ...

"Basic Work and Material Acts" summarizes what we have learned from mainstreaming basic writers in first-year composition at California State University, Chico. We found that "basic writing" as an ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Recent public policy discussions and documents reflect frames that will have profound effects on questions central to teachers of and students ...

Academic writing differs greatly from other types of writing. It gives not that much space for creativity, but rather requires structure, research, and analysis. That is why students do not feel ...