Speaking About Writing: Reflections on Research Methodology

Speaking About Writing

By Peter Smagorinsky

Speaking About Writing: Reflections on Research Methodology explores the complex methodologies involved in studying the writing process through verbal data. It addresses how think-aloud protocols, retrospective interviews, collaborative discourse analysis, and ethnographic interviews can reveal the cognitive and social dynamics behind writing. The book emphasizes the “messiness” and subjectivity of such data, while advocating for thoughtful, flexible approaches to data collection and analysis. It serves as a critical resource for researchers examining how writers think, plan, and revise.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Potential Problems and Problematic Potentials of Using Talk About Writing
Think-Aloud Protocol Analysis: Beyond the Black Box
Think-Aloud Protocols, Protocol Analysis, and Research Design
Substance and Romance in Analyzing Think-Aloud Protocols
Reactivity in Concurrent Think-Aloud Protocols
Retrospective Accounts of Writing Process
Using Intervention Protocols in Instructional Research
Stimulated Recall in Writing Research
Interpreting and Counting in Discourse Analysis
Discourse Analysis of Teacher-Student Conferences
Sociolinguistic Analysis of Classroom Talk
Ethnographic Interviews in Writing Research
Counterpoint: Whither Wisdom?
Counterpoint: Withered Wisdom – A Reply
Author Index
Subject Index

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