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Expanding The Space Of F2f: Writing Centers And Audio-Visual-Textual Conferencing, Melanie Yergeau, Kathryn Wozniak, Peter Vandenberg

Kathryn Wozniak

Able to link tutors across distance while closely approximating the tenor of face-to-face tutoring (f2f), synchronous audio-video-textual conferencing (AVT) is a semiotically rich medium that sustains critical “social cues” and enhances interaction and exchange. The authors theorize and demonstrate the potential of synchronous digital exchange, including functions that surpass the affordances of paper-based f2f tutorials—such as real-time modeling and web-based referencing.

Mclean Students File Suit Against Turnitin.Com: Useful Tool Or Instrument Of Tyranny?, Traci A. Zimmerman

Traci A Zimmerman

No abstract provided.

Preparing Presentation Slides: A Tutorial By John Battalio, John Battalio

John T. Battalio

This tutorial presents a brief overview of the process for preparing presentation slides, introduces you to important design principles to consider as you prepare your slides, and helps you analyze the design of sample presentation slides.

David Sedley, Creationism And Its Critics In Antiquity, David Depew

David J Depew

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Trust No One: The Conspiracy Genre On American Television, Stephanie Kelley-Romano

Stephanie Kelley-Romano

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Consequence Etiology And Biological Teleology In Aristotle And Darwin, David Depew

David J Depew

Aristotle’s biological teleology is rooted in an epigenetic account of reproduction. As such, it is best interpreted by consequence etiology. I support this claim by citing the capacity of consequence etiology’s key distinctions to explain Aristotle’s opposition to Empedocles. There are implications for the relation between ancient and modern biology. The analysis reveals that in an important respect Darwin’s account of adaptation is closer to Aristotle’s than to Empedocles’s. They both rely on consequence etiological considerations to evade attributing the purposiveness of organisms to chance. Two implications follow: (l) Darwinian explanations of adaptation are as teleological as Aristotle’s, albeit differently; …

What Wpas Need To Know To Prepare New Teachers To Work With Adult Students, Michelle Navarre Cleary

Michelle Navarre Cleary

Most graduate students and new faculty have little, if any, preparation for teaching the approximately 40% of college composition students who are 25 years or older. Thus, it falls to WPAs to prepare new teachers to work with adult students. To assist WPAs, this article addresses common misconceptions about adult students, reviews scholarship on the differences between older and younger students as well as between different populations of adult students, and discusses ways to leverage the strengths and address the needs of adult students. The “Teaching Writing to Adults: A Handbook for New Composition Teachers” on CompFAQs supplements this article …

First Mate's B-Log, Mel Regnell

Mel Regnell

Log entries of the First Mate on the sailing yacht, Fedele, out of Stockton Springs, Maine. Updated irregularaly as time and weather permits, these are the ramblings of a novice seaman on board the wooden boat Fedele - a 40 foot Ketch.

The Medieval Writing Workshop, Alex Mueller

Alex Mueller

If we compare elementary and secondary school classrooms today with their grammar school predecessors of the Middle Ages, we might find few similarities. The terrifying image of the medieval schoolmaster, seated in a chair with his birch in hand, ready to strike supplicant schoolboys for incorrect answers, does not match our more recent and comforting portrait of the teacher who circulates throughout the classroom and nurtures students through a student-centered curriculum. Yet, as an educator trained as both a medievalist and a high school English teacher, I am regularly provoked by the affinities I discover in medieval and modern pedagogies, …

Inheriting Inherit The Wind: Debating The Play As A Teaching Tool, Edward Larson, David Depew, Ronald Isetti

David J Depew

No abstract provided.

Eugene Garver, Confronting Aristotle’S Ethics (Review), David Depew

David J Depew

No abstract provided.

First Year Writing And Rhetoric (Fall 2008 Syllabus), Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

WRTG 1150 is a rhetorically informed introduction to college writing. Over the course of the semester, you will engage in critical analysis, argument, and inquiry as you develop your writing skills and acquire critical information literacy for college and beyond.

Studying Identity And Agency: Cda, Interactional Sociolinguistics, Narrative Analysis, Grounded Theory, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

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Studying Style And Legitimation: Critical Linguistics And Critical Discourse Analysis, Sean Zdenek, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

Studying Entextualization And Controversy: Cda, Participant Observation, Computer-Aided Corpus Analysis, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

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Discourse Analysis And Rhetorical Studies, Christopher Eisenhart, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

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The Dialogic Emergence Of 'Truth' In Politics: Reproduction And Subversion Of The 'War On Terror' Discourse, Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

Truth claims in political discourse are implicated in a dialogic process whereby political actors "assimilate, rework, and re-accentuate" prior discourse (Bakhtin 1986:89). While political actors themselves may view truth as an object to be discovered, I argue that discourse analysts are best served by viewing truth as an emergent property of this dialogic process. In this paper, I examine how intertextual connections are integral to both the reproduction and subversion of established truth claims (such as the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction). My data draw from George W. Bush's speech on May 1, 2003 to declare …

The Politics Of Recontextualization: Discursive Competition Over Claims Of Iranian Involvement In Iraq, Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

Review Of John E. Joseph's (2006) Language And Politics, Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Death Corner, David Fleming

David Fleming

No abstract provided.