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040			_aMnU _beng _cMnU
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245	0	0	_aBad Ideas About Writing _cCheryl Ball
264		2	_bOpen Textbook Library
264		1	_bA.T. Still University
300			_a1 online resource
490	0		_aOpen textbook library.
505	0		_aBad Ideas About What Good Writing Is -- Bad Ideas About Who Good Writers Are -- Bad Ideas About Style, Usage, and Grammar -- Bad Ideas About Writing Techniques -- Bad Ideas About Genres -- Bad Ideas About Assessing Writing -- Bad Ideas About Writing and Digital Technology -- Bad Ideas About Writing Teachers
520	0		_aWe intend this work to be less a bestiary of bad ideas about writing than an effort to name bad ideas and suggest better ones. Some of those bad ideas are quite old, such as the archetype of the inspired genius author, the five-paragraph essay, or the abuse of adjunct writing teachers. Others are much newer, such as computerized essay scoring or gamification. Some ideas, such as the supposed demise of literacy brought on by texting, are newer bad ideas but are really instances of older bad ideas about literacy always being in a cycle of decline. Yet the same core questions such as what is good writing, what makes a good writer, how should writing be assessed, and the like persist across contexts, technologies, and eras. The project has its genesis in frustration, but what emerges is hope: hope for leaving aside bad ideas and thinking about writing in more productive, inclusive, and useful ways.
542	1		_fAttribution
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource
650		0	_aEducation _vTextbooks
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _vTextbooks
650		0	_aRhetoric _vTextbooks
700	1		_aBall, Cheryl E _eauthor
700	1		_aLoewe, Drew M _eauthor
710	2		_aOpen Textbook Library _edistributor
856	4	0	_uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/794 _zAccess online version
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