At 02:05 PM 9/11/2006, you wrote:
Hi folks,
One of the best books I have read on writing anxiety is a short
monograph by Keith Hjortshoj titled "Understanding Writing Blocks"
(2001) Oxford Press that really looks at the higher order issues
related to writing anxiety. Unlike many books about writing problems
this book is aimed at academic writing - more at the upper division
and graduate thesis level. Hjortshoj is the the director of Cornell
University Writing in the Seminars program.
http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/he/subject/English/Writing/Composition/?view=usa&ci=9780195141368
Here is an example handout from Chapel Hill that utilizes and cites
Mike Rose's "When a writer can't write" and Hjortshof's book
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/writing_anxiety.html
I like Hjortshoj's text because it uses case studies and is more
scholarly in terms of the knowledgability about working with advanced
academic writers and the composing process and doesn't only
address "the Problems" as time management, skills deficit or
cognitive distress issues -
I also read it when I was going through my own writing block issues
when working through my dissertation process and I found it really helpful
Cheers
Kathryn
>Dear Inkshedders,
>I'm currently involved in a research project at McGill that is
>looking at the impacts of issues related to writing anxiety on
>student performance, and what can be done to help deal with these impacts.
>We've started by doing some interviewing here at McGill, but our
>time and resources are limited. Do any of you have any information
>either from your institutions or from research that you've read that
>reflects a relationship between reading and writing skills and
>things like drop-out rates, completion times, etc.? Also, can any
>of you recommend any studies or reports (again, from your own
>institutions or elsewhere) that have been useful in the constant
>battle for resources for writing centers (including getting a
>writing center started)?
>Any insights would be much appreciated.
>Thanks!
>
>Miriam
>
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