Thanks Kathryn. I'll check it out. Miriam Quoting Kathryn Alexander <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to >> [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, >> write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] >> >> For the list archives and information about the organization, >> its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to >> http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > _________________________________________ > > Kathryn Alexander, Ph.D., > Writing-Intensive Learning Office WILO > Learning and Instructional Development Centre LIDC, > Simon Fraser University, > Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 > Office: EBD 7647.4 > Website: http://www.lidc.sfu.ca/teaching/writing > > > Tel: (604) 268 - 6799 Fax: (604) 268 - 6915 > email: [log in to unmask] > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-