Bad Ideas About Writing

by Cheryl E. Ball & Drew M. Loewe ed.

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Bad Ideas About Writing counters major myths about writing instruction. Inspired by the provocative science- and social-science-focused book This Idea Must Die and written for a general audience, the collection offers opinionated, research-based statements intended to spark debate and to offer a better way of teaching writing. Contributors, as scholars of rhetoric and composition, provide a snapshot of and antidotes to major myths in writing instruction.

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Publisher
West Virginia University
Subjects
Humanities
Licence
CC BY, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Editor Bios and Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1: Bad Ideas About What Good Writing is ...
  9. 1.1: Rhetoric is Synonymous with Empty Speech
  10. 1.2: America is Facing a Literacy Crisis
  11. 1.3: First-Year Composition Prepares Students For Academic Writing
  12. 1.4: First-Year Composition Should Be Skipped
  13. 1.5: You Can Learn to Write in General
  14. 1.6: Writing Knowledge Transfers Easily
  15. 1.7: Reading and Writing is Not Connected
  16. 1.8: Reading is Not Essential to Writing Instruction
  17. 2: Bad Ideas About Who Good Writers are ...
  18. 2.1: Writers are Mythical, Magical, and Damaged
  19. 2.2: You Need My Credentials to be a Writers
  20. 2.3: Only Geniuses can be Writers
  21. 2.4: Some People are Just Born Good Writers
  22. 2.5: Failure is Not an Option
  23. 2.6: There is One Correct Way of Writing and Speaking
  24. 2.7: African American Language is not Good English
  25. 2.8: Official American English is Best
  26. 2.9: Writer’s Block Just Happens to People
  27. 2.10: Strong Writing and Writers Don’t Need Revision
  28. 2.11: The More Writing Process, the Better
  29. 3: Bad Ideas About Style, Usage, and Grammar
  30. 3.1: Strunk and White Set the Standard
  31. 3.2: Good Writers Always Follow My Rules
  32. 3.3: Writers Must Develop a Strong, Original Voice
  33. 3.4: Leave Yourself Out of Your Writing
  34. 3.5: Response- Never Use “I”
  35. 3.6: The Passive Voice Should be Avoided
  36. 3.7: Teaching Grammar Improves Writing
  37. 3.8: Good Writers Must Know Grammatical Terminology
  38. 3.9: Grammar Should Be Taught Separately As Rules to Learn
  39. 4: Bad Ideas About Writing Techniques
  40. 4.1: Formal Outlines are Always Useful
  41. 4.2: Students Should Learn About the Logical Fallacies
  42. 4.3: Logos is Synonymous with Logic
  43. 5: Bad Ideas About Genres
  44. 5.1: Excellent Academic Writing Must be Serious
  45. 5.2: Creative Writing is a Unique Category
  46. 5.3: Popular Culture is Killing Writing
  47. 5.4: Popular Culture is Only Useful as a Text for Criticism
  48. 5.5: The Five-Paragraph Essay is Rhetorically Sound
  49. 5.6: The Five-Paragraph Essay Transmits Knowledge
  50. 5.7: The Five-Paragraph Theme Teaches “Beyond the Test”
  51. 5.8: Research Starts with Answers
  52. 5.9: Research Starts with a Thesis Statement
  53. 5.10: The Traditional Research Paper is Best
  54. 5.11: Citing Sources is a Basic Skill Learned Early On
  55. 5.12: Plagiarism Deserves to be Punished
  56. 6: Bad Ideas About Assessing Writing
  57. 6.1: Grading Has Always Made Writing Better
  58. 6.2: Rubrics Save Time and Make Grading Criteria Visible
  59. 6.3: Rubrics Oversimplify the Writing Process
  60. 6.4: When Responding to Student Writing, More is Better
  61. 6.5: Student Writing Must be Graded by the Teacher
  62. 6.6: Machines can Evaluate Writing Well
  63. 6.7: Plagiarism Detection Services are Money Well Spent
  64. 6.8: SAT Scores are Useful for Placing Students in Writing Courses
  65. 7: Bad Ideas About Writing and Digital Technology
  66. 7.1: Texting Ruins Students’ Grammar Skills
  67. 7.2: Texting Ruins Literacy Skills
  68. 7.3: Gamification Makes Writing Fun
  69. 7.4: The More Digital Technology, the Better
  70. 7.5: Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
  71. 8: Bad Ideas About Writing Teachers
  72. 8.1: You’re Going to Need This for College
  73. 8.2: Dual-Enrollment Writing Classes Should Always be Pursued
  74. 8.3: Secondary-School English Teachers Should Only be Taught Literature
  75. 8.4: Face-to-Face Courses are Superior to Online Courses
  76. 8.5: Anyone Can Teach an Online Writing Course
  77. 8.6: Anyone Can Teach Writing
  78. Back Matter
  79. Index
  80. Glossary
  81. Detailed Licensing