Revision and the Pedagogical Implications of Teachers as Digital Writers

• In Event: Roundtable Session 44
  In Roundtable Session: Studying Literacy Practices With Teachers: How Writing Gets Taught

Abstract

Revision in the writing process and the teaching of revision in classrooms has been at the forefront of composition research for fifty years. However, little is known about how the teaching of revision is impacted by teachers’ familiarity and use of revision in a digital writing environment. The purpose of this study was threefold and designed to investigate ways in which: 1) teachers use revision in their own writing; 2) digital writing environments impact revision and revision instruction; and 3) the revision process is implemented into teachers’ classrooms. This study aimed to obtain a comprehensive view of revision and revision pedagogy as impacted by digital writing environments to provide a richer understanding of revision and the writing process.

Author

• Shelbie Witte, Florida State University