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Those unfamiliar with composition theory will find this scholarly text a particularly informative resource. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and practitioners. -CHOICE The issues addressed are timely and controversial....The topic will resonate with many teachers, academics, and policy makers. This book is written from the perspective of someone who has practiced what he preaches.... -Jim Cummins Ontario Institute for the Studies of Education/University of Toronto, Canada ...shows us new ways to describe and evaluate multimedia composition and online dialogues, which are an increasingly important aspect of writing practices both inside and outside of schools. The examples are excellent. -Bertram (Chip) Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The message of this book--basically, that we need to focus first on what we need to teach and then on how to assess it--turns the current process on its head....Whether a reader buys Whithaus's argument or not, that reader will engage with the argument. -Bill Condon Washington State University

... shows us new ways to describe and evaluate multimedia composition and online dialogues, which are an increasingly important aspect of writing practices both inside and outside of schools. The examples are excellent. - Bertram (Chip) Bruce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; The issues addressed are timely and controversial....The topic will resonate with many teachers, academics, and policy makers. This book is written from the perspective of someone who has practiced what he preaches.... - Jim Cummins Ontario Institute for the Studies of Education/University of Toronto

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