As a writing instructor using Writing Research Papers, you will find this text valuable for many reasons. It promotes critical reading and thinking, demonstrates use of the MLA style of documentation, and offers suggestions for developing effective student research, discussions on argumentation styles, advice for revising and editing, and suggestions for portfolio presentation of papers. In addition, the twenty-four suggested writing assignments are keyed to evaluation guides that may be used in previewing, reviewing, and assessing student writing.

As the author of this text, I know that professional writing instructors must translate the best of composition theory into effective classroom practice. To that end, this book was written; and as my mentors I list Edward P.J. Corbett, Andrea Lunsford, Ann E. Berthoff, Peter Elbow, Pat Belanoff, Robert Conners, and Richard W. Paul, among others. I have always found that effective teaching works best...