The Fuss and Flap about Teaching Invention in Freshman Composition

• Published in: Teaching English in the Two-Year College Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 35
• Main Author: Douglass, John D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: Audiences; Cognitive Processes; College Freshmen; Creative Thinking; English Instruction; Higher Education; Imagination; Inquiry; Invention; Peer Evaluation; Writing Processes; Writing Skills

Advocates emphasizing invention or substance of writing first, and suggests that peer evaluation will provide a necessary audience for student writers. (MKM)