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COMPOSING RESEARCH COMPOSING RESEARCH A Contextualist Paradigm for Rhetoric and Composition CINDY JOHANEK UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS Logan,Utah ISBN 0-87421-322-3 (E-BOOK) Utah State University Press Logan,Utah 84322-7800 Copyright © 2000 Utah State University Press. All rights reserved. “The Writing Quality ofSeventh,Ninth,and Eleventh Graders,and College Freshmen” copyright © 1995,National Council ofTeachers ofEnglish.Reprinted by permission Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica. Typography by WolfPack Cover design by Barbara Yale-Read 04 03 02 01 00 5 4 3 2 1 Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johanek,Cindy,1964- Composing research / Cindy Johanek. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0-87421-292-8 (alk.paper) 1.English language—Rhetoric—Study and teaching—Research. 2.English language—Composition and exercises—Research.I.Title. PE1404 .J58 2000 808'.042'071--dc21 00-008142 CIP To my mother, Jeanne Marie Hokkanen Johanek (September 11,1942 - April 25,1999), who read this as far as she could. CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Composition Research:Issues in Context 8 2 Research in Composition:Current Issues and a Brief History 28 3 Numbers,Narratives,and He vs.She:Issues ofAudience in Composition Research 56 4 From Epistemology to Epistemic Justification: Toward a Contextualist Research Paradigm 87 5 A Contextualist Research Paradigm:An Illustration (including reprint of“Writing Quality ofSeventh,Ninth, and Eleventh Graders,and College Freshman,”by Eileen I. Oliver) 119 6 A Contextualist Research Paradigm:A Demonstration 164 7 Predictor Variables:The Future of Composition Research 190 8 Conclusion 205 References for Oliver Article 210 Works Cited 215 Index 226 About the Author 230 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Composing Researchbegan,in truth,when I was a curious undergrad- uate guided and mentored by Dr.Judith Kilborn in the Write Place at St.Cloud State University.Eventually,the mixture ofinquiry and text along the way resulted in a dissertation,inspired in part by Dr.James Treloar,(a former English teacher and) current statistics professor at Ball State University,though the notion would surprise him,I’m sure. That dissertation—critically read by readers like Linda Hanson and Patti White and carefully guided, hammered, discussed, debated, chewed,and ultimately,I hope,enjoyed by my advisor and disserta- tion director Paul Ranieri—is now in book form. To all of these inspiring teachers and colleagues,I express gratitude and a wish to be “halfas good”as they are,halfas inspiring.... A special thanks to Eileen Oliver and Greg Siering for their partic- ipation in the studies presented in Chapters 5 and 6.Without their willing cooperation,much ofthe demonstration needed in this work would have been impossible. Thanks also to a special colleague and friend,Carmen Siering,for her support in all things,and to my family for their constant love and encouragement.
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