Anna's+Research+Response

After our class discussion, and in reading Pritchard and Honeycutt's article, it has built upon my previous belief that although product is important, it is very important that as teachers of writing, we emphasize process. As shown on our bubbl, there are so many various components of the writing process, and each of them are important, not just the end product. Each of the steps in the writing process are a part of the critical thinking process that students go through and by emphasizing the process, we can see the thinking process that students go through. In addition, students can improve as active learners and writers through this process, as Pritchard and Honeycutt pointed out. Especially in today's society there are so many more facets that are being added to the writing process. We must consider different mediums of writing in the writing process, student attitudes towards the writing process, social writing, student engagement in writing, etc.

In reading Pritchard and Honeycutt's article about the Process approach, I was surprised about the lack of experimental data/support to go along with this method. I feel as though many of my pedagogy classes have talked/emphasized process instead of merely product, and I couldn't agree more. It was interesting to rad about how the writing process was superior to the textbook and workbook method (Pritchard and Honeycutt p. 280), but no real surprise there. I'd be interested in trying to find other research that supports this process approach. I know that an emphasis on process, as well as low stakes assessment during the initial writing process is beneficial to students and their improvement.