Sharing the Struggle: Using Protocol Analysis to Model the Writing Process in Introductory Composition

Authors

  • Nathanael Gilbert Middle Georgia State University

Keywords:

protocol analysis, modeling, composition

Abstract

Protocol analysis is typically used as a data-gathering tool, but it also serves as an effective teaching tool. When composition teachers use this "thinking out loud" approach as they write in the classroom, they model the challenges and successes of transferring ideas to written text.

Author Biography

Nathanael Gilbert, Middle Georgia State University

Associate Professor of English

Department of English

Middle Georgia State University

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Published

2017-12-21

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Tool Box

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