Yeah, the research Hillocks covers is out of date, but you got to love his methods: namely, a thorough, socialstudiesesque, statistically driven metaanalysis of composition research.
So many things that we take for granted, or accept on a few narrative stories, are actually quite different in the actual numbers.
I want another survey like this carried out, but I want it in accessible "Naked Economist" fashion so that laypeople, administrators and even the timestrapped FYC instructors of the world can have access to information about what actually works.
Yes, it was published back in, but the research was actually quite fascinating seminal when comes to research on composition, I can see where his argument foundations came from, .
Research on Written Composition | |
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ISBN | 0814140750 |
ISBN-13 | 9780814140758 |
Publication | First published February 1, 1986 |
Number of Pages | 369 |
Format Type | Paperback |