Speaking about writing : reflections on research methodology

Introduction - Peter Smagorinsky Potential Problems and Problematic Potentials of Using Talk About Writing as Data About Writing Process PART ONE: THINK-ALOUD PROTOCOL ANALYSIS Think-Aloud Protocol Analysis - Peter Smagorinsky Beyond the Black Box Think-Aloud Protocols, Protocol Analysis, and Research Design - Stephen P Witte and Roger D Cherry An Exploration of the Influence of Writing Tasks on Writing Processes Substance and Romance in Analyzing Think-Aloud Protocols - Robert J Bracewell and Alain Breuleux Reactivity in Concurrent Think-Aloud Protocols - James F Stratman and Liz Hamp-Lyons Issues for Research PART TWO: RETROSPECTIVE ACCOUNTS OF WRITING PROCESS 'Once Upon a Time' - Stuart Greene and Lorraine Higgins The Use of Retrospective Accounts in Building Theory in Composition Using Intervention Protocols to Study the Effects of Instructional Scaffolding on Writing and Learning - Deborah Swanson-Owens and George E Newell Stimulated Recall in Research on Writing - Anne DiPardo An Antidote to 'I Don't Know, It Was Fine' PART THREE: ANALYSIS OF COLLABORATIVE DISCOURSE Interpreting and Counting - George Hillocks Jr Objectivity in Discourse Analysis Discourse Analysis of Teacher-Student Writing Conferences - Melanie Sperling Finding the Message in the Medium What's All This Talk I Hear? Using Sociolinguistic Analysis to Locate and Map Themes in Teacher/Student Talk About Writing - Elizabeth Hodges PART FOUR: INTERVIEWS IN THE FIELD Ethnographic Interviews and Writing Research - Elaine Chin A Critical Examination of the Methodology PART FIVE: COUNTERPOINT Whither Wisdom? - David N Dobrin Withered Wisdom - Robert J Bracewell A Reply to Dobrin