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Revision

History, Theory, and Practice

Edited by Alice Horning and Anne Becker

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Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition
Edited by Charles Bazerman
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Revision: History, Theory, and Practice

Edited by Alice Horning and Anne Becker

Information and Pricing
ISBN 1-932559-75-2 (Paper; $30.00; £16.00); ISBN 1-932559-76-0 (Cloth; $60.00; £32.00); ISBN 1-932559-77-9 (Adobe eBook; $12.00; £6.30)

Description
Like its predecessors in Charles Bazerman’s series on Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition, Revision: History, Theory, and Practice explores the wide range of scholarship on revision while bringing new light to bear on enduring questions. Starting with its overview of conventional definitions and misconceptions about revision, whether surface or deep, Revision then offers both theoretical and practical strategies designed to facilitate post-secondary writing instruction.

The twelve contributors examine recent cognitive writing models and the roles of long- and short-term memory in the writing process, demonstrating theoretically why revision is difficult for novices. Revision pays close attention to the meaning and function of revision for various writers, from basic to professional, creative, and second language writers. Revision concludes with a detailed presentation of practical pedagogical strategies for teaching revision, with emphasis on revision in textbooks, technology-rich contexts, and peer review.

Authors include Anne Becker, Cathleen Breidenbach, David Stephen Calonne, Douglas Eyman, Catherine Haar, Alice Horning, Kasia Kietlinska, Robert Lamphear, Cathy McQueen, Colleen Reilly, Jeanie Robertson, and Carol Trupiano.

About the Editors
Anne Becker is a special instructor and the coordinator for journalism and communication internships at Oakland University.

Alice Horning directs the Rhetoric Program at Oakland University and is a professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics. She has published several books on the nature of texts and human literacy, including, most recently, Revision Revisited (Hampton, 2002). With Debra Dew, she is the co-editor of Untenured Faculty as Writing Program Administrators: Institutional Practices and Politics (Parlor Press, 2006).

Contents
Preface xi
1 Introduction and Overview
Catherine Haar and Alice Horning

2 Definitions and Distinctions
Catherine Haar

Revision Defined by Scholars
Revision Defined in Practice
Revision as Correction
Revision as Development and Discovery
Revision as Rhetorical Goal-Setting and Function
Revision as Assertion of Identity
Students and Revision
Crucial Role for Teaching Revision Well

3 A Review of Writing Model Research Based on Cognitive Processes
Anne Becker

Early Models—Basic Processes and Their Key Sub-Categories
Task-centered Models—Assessing the Role of Reading and Memory in Revision
Recent Research—Continued Analysis and Testing to Validate Revision Models
Instructional Techniques
Computers and Their Impact on Writing Model Research
Implications for Classroom Instruction

4 Writers and Revision
Alice Horning and Jeanie Robertson

Defining Basic Writers
Awarenesses and Basic Writers
Skills and Basic Writers
A “Pivotal Moment:” Some Suggestions and Recommendations

5 Revision and ESL Students
Kasia Kietlinska

History of the Discipline
Diversity of the ESL Student Population
Revision Attitudes of ESL Students
Revision Patterns of ESL Students
Revision Effectiveness of ESL Students
Revision Feedback by Teachers
Timing of Revision Feedback
Most Effective Techniques of Revision Feedback
Peer Revision Feedback
Alternative Strategies to Support Revision

6 What’s in a Textbook?
Robert Lamphear

Handbooks
Revision Focused Textbooks
Readers
Appendix: A Listing of Books from Major Composition Publishers

7 Revising with Word Processing/Technology/Document Design
Douglas Eyman and Colleen Reilly

Scholarship about Computer Applications and Revision
Basic Computer Applications and Revision Strategies
Cut and Paste
Font Formatting
Textual Analysis Tools
Track Changes
Highlighting and Commenting
Other Applications for Peer Review
Remediation, Redesign, and Revision
Conclusion
Appendix: Directions for Using the Track Changes Tool in Microsoft Word

8 Professional Writers and Revision
Alice Horning

Awarenesses and Skills: A Summary
Professionals’ Awareness
Professionals’ Skills
Methodology for the Case Studies
Case studies: Writing Teachers Revising
Background Questionnaire for Subject A
Task Questionnaire for Subject A
Observation of Subject A
Analysis of Revising: Subject A
Background Questionnaire for Subject B
Task Questionnaire for Subject B
Observation Report for Subject B
Analysis of Revising: Subject B
Cross-Case Analysis
Pedagogical Suggestions: A Summary
Appendix A: Background Questionnaire on Writing and Revising Strategies
Appendix B: Questionnaire for Revising Session
Appendix C: Practice Passage for Think Aloud.

9 Creative Writers and Revision
David Stephen Calonne

Creativity and Revision
Writers on Revision
Revision and Computers
The Role of Collaborators and Editors
Revision of Proofs and Galleys
Revision after Publication
Scholars Study Revision: Process Criticism
Wordsworth, Parallel Texts, Nabokov, Poststructuralism, Hypertext and Beyond

10 Best Classroom Practices
Carol Trupiano

Introduction
Peer Review
Writing Centers and Other Writing Support Programs
Portfolios
Teacher and Student Conferences
Group Review Exercise
Modeling Exercise #1
Modeling Exercise #2
Role-Playing Exercise #1
Role-Playing Exercise #2

11 Practical Guidelines for Writers and Teachers
Cathleen Breidenbach

Revision: A Complex, Intuitive, and Elusive Process
The Dangers of Practical Strategies
Revision’s Secret Identity
The Fallacy of the Natural Writer
The Difference between Deep Revision and Final Editing
The Ants-at-a-Picnic Metaphor
Breaking Old Habits: Colorizing Comments
Including Good News with the Bad
Building Time into the Process
If It’s Not a Draft, It’s a Revision
Risk-Free Revision
Divide and Conquer—Clusters of Consideration
Content: Argument, Logic, Narrative, Organization
Rhetorical Decisions: Purpose, Genre, Audience, Tone, and Point of View
Visualizing Henrietta
Style
Voice
Mechanics
This Much We Know Is True—Writing Teachers Who Write

Glossary
Cathy McQueen

Annotated Bibliography
Works Cited
Index
Contributors

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