The writing study I might choose is meaning, it's interesting how it can be very broad and can mean so much for different people. How each student obtains meaning from readings is also extremely different. Which leads to a question, How do readers create meaning? I believe all students have something in common, their experiences and learnings all shape the way they obtain meaning. Readers create meaning from personal experiences. A good reader takes what the author is saying and translates it to their own language. They become familiar with the meaning, by connecting their past experiences. We've read articles in class which in someway relate to this idea. For example Hass & Flower have the idea that a good reader "is to be able to build "multi-faceted" representations of the text". Moll & Gonzales article is all about how we acquire meaning. They talk about the "funds of knowledge, this can be a major source for my essay.
I'm thinking of maybe changing my writing study. Peer response? Maybe it might be more interesting, I also think that if we have to use experiments and etc, it might be easier in a way. My question would be something like, is peer response effective? Do teachers think it's helpful? And more importantly is peer response effective for students to learn. Maybe interviewing professors and taking students surveys can help me really understand what peer response is actually doing for us. And another question would be who is using peer response.
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