Discourse and student writing -- What we know (and don't know) about student writing -- School genres -- Student discourse in first-year genres -- Student discourse in upper-level genres -- A new view of student writing -- Applications for instructors and students.
Summary:
"Analyzes sentence-level patterns in first-year and advanced student writing, comparing thesis-driven argumentative papers and analysis-driven explanatory papers. Examines text features including diplomatic evidentiality, explicit cohesion, and compressed detail to consider how course assignments shape students' choices. Includes suggestions for assignment design and activities for student analysis"-- Provided by publisher.
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