Paradigm Debates, Turf Wars, and the Conduct of Sociocognitive Inquiry in Composition

Examines the roots of some disciplinary quarrels (cognitive versus social perspectives and quantitative versus qualitative research methods) that polarize thinking in composition studies. Notes that these quarrels act as obstacles to reading and evaluating research and to training graduate students...

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Published in:College composition and communication 1991-05, Vol.42 (2), p.151-169
Main Author: Berkenkotter, Carol
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basic writing
Cognitive Processes
Communities
Graduate Students
Higher Education
Inquiry
Language
Literary criticism
Multimodal Methods
Research Methodology
Research methods
Sociocognition
Writing
Writing (Composition)
Writing Instruction
Writing Processes
Writing teachers
Written communication
Written composition
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Summary:Examines the roots of some disciplinary quarrels (cognitive versus social perspectives and quantitative versus qualitative research methods) that polarize thinking in composition studies. Notes that these quarrels act as obstacles to reading and evaluating research and to training graduate students to conduct multimodal inquiry. (MG)
ISSN:0010-096X
DOI:10.2307/358196