College Composition and Communication Dec 2005

Primary Science Communication in the First-Year Writing Course

Cary Moskovitz ; David Kellogg

Abstract

Despite the widespread acceptance of many kinds of nonliterary texts for first-year writing courses, primary scientific communication (PSC) remains largely absent. Objections to including PSC, especially that it is not rhetorically appropriate or sufficiently rich, do not hold. We argue for including PSC and give some practical suggestions for developing courses and designing assignments using PSC

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College Composition and Communication
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2005-12-01
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10.58680/ccc20054031
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