College Composition and Communication Jun 2018

Revision and Reflection: A Study of (Dis)Connections between Writing Knowledge and Writing Practice

Heather Lindenman ; Martin Camper ; Lindsay Dunne Jacoby ; Jessica Enoch

Abstract

This essay brings to light new evidence about the relationship between revision and reflective writing in the first-year writing classroom. Based on a robust study of student work, we illuminate a variety of complex relationships between the writing knowledge that students articulate in their reflections—including how they narrate their course progress, approach teacher commentary, and make decisions about their revisions—and the actual writing practices they execute in their revised essays. The essay offers pedagogical innovations that help students use reflective writing in ways that support substantive revision.

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College Composition and Communication
Published
2018-06-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201829693
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