Classroom as Drillfield : Can the Basics Build Writers? / Robert L. Root, Jr.

The ruling model of the college teacher of composition has been the "composition instructor," who like the military drill instructor is unflinching, authoritarian, and dedicated to turning students into disciplined writers of standard English by means of drills and criticism. The military pose is in...

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Main Author: Root, Robert L., Jr
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
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Physical Description:17 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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