ENGL 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Procedural Knowledge

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 1400
• Professor: Mya Poe

Document Summary

Writing studies research in practice: fishman: longitudinal research= historian of the present, longitudinal writing research 1963-2000. What can and should we learn from past longitudinal research. What can and should we learn from recent and ongoing studies. What can and should be told through future longitudinal projects. Lw = natural learning sequence / writing is like a slow developing skill that should be measured over longer periods of time than a semester. Referenced to lw reviews begin with loban, britton, emig. Treadmills of data collecting = more information that can handle: longitudinal writing research 2000-present. Constant across recent work = evolution of researchers pedagogical stance. Stanford and denver studies = redefined college writing to include personal, extracurricular, workplace, professional compositions etc. Lr (longitudinal research) = offers educators a proactive role in evaluation and engages their expertise as teachers/scholars/administrators. Longitudinal assessment can directly benefit students, gain opportunities for analysis and self reflection: future longitudinal writing research.