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Review - Reading Culture: Context for Critical Reading and Writing, 4th ed., by Kimberley Norlund

RWS-SB 2001 September 3, 2001 Comments Off

Reading Culture by Diana George and John Trimbur is not a how-to text on writing but rather a how-to text on thinking critically of American culture. As a visually stimulating reader reflecting everyday encounters through articles and illustrations, Reading Culture succeeds in capturing its audience’s attention. George and Trimbur’s idea is “to treat contemporary American culture as a vast research […]

Making Meaning and Value for Edison’s Light and Power in the Human World by Charles Bazerman, UC Santa Barbara

RWS-SB 2001 August 10, 2001 Comments Off

Incandescent light is more than a light bulb. It requires complex systems of related technologies—switches, circuit breakers, meters, and power lines; transformers, power stations, and generators. It also requires multiple systems of human cooperation, action and meaning-power companies, government regulators, consumers, manufacturers of equipment, bill collectors, accountants, rate payers, electric sign designers and people reading by […]

Contexts and Criteria for Evaluating Student Writing by Jane Hindman

RWS-SB 2001 February 10, 2001 Comments Off

Of all responsibilities you have as a composition instructor, evaluating student writing occupies most of your time and has furthest reaching material effects. Though you may spend lots of hours preparing for class, conferencing with your students, and actually teaching, chances are you’ll spend many more grading. Though we instructors often place the highest value […]