College Composition and Communication Feb 2021

A Replication Agenda for Composition Studies

John Raucci

Abstract

This article argues composition researchers should make replicating previous research a greater priority because replication is a valuable tool that facilitates invention, collaboration, transparency, and revision, and its overwhelming absence in composition studies narrows the generalizability of writing research. I posit a replication agenda to encourage scholars to replicate and reproduce results by building disciplinary and institutional spaces for the practice to thrive.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2021-02-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202131162
Open Access
Closed
Topics
revision

Citation Context

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