Using a Handbook in the Composition Classroom

Summary: "A good handbook may be the most valuable resource a college student will ever have-but because instructors rarely integrate handbooks into actual classroom activities, students rarely realize what a useful tool they have in their hands. This little book provides a wealth of advice and activities for using handbooks in composition classrooms." Focusing on using handbooks not only as grammar and style reference books ...but also as valuable support for research and writing, "Using a Handbook in the Composition Classroom "offers instructors a wide range of ideas and strategies for incorporating handbooks into teaching. The first chapter provides invaluable guidance for committees and individuals about selecting handbooks, and the last part offers sample syllabi for a variety of composition classrooms, correlated to the activities suggested in the chapters on teaching and learning from a handbook. [read more]