Twelve Readers Reading

How do well-recognized teachers of composition make comments on student writing? What might be learned about teacher response through their example? In Twelve Readers Reading: Responding to College Student Writing, Richard Straub and Ronald F. Lunsford examine the state of the art of responding to student writing, using as case studies the responses 12 teacher-scholars make on a sampling of first-year college student writing. The teachers come from a variety of schools and represent a range of perspectives on the teaching of writing: Chris Anson, Peter Elbow, Anne Gere, Glynda Hull, Richard Larson, Ben McClelland, Frank O'Hare, Jane Peterson, Donald Stewart, Patricia Stock, Tillie Warnock, and Edward White.