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A 3 page analysis of an article by Lisa Ede and Andrea Lunsford "Why Write...Together?" This article describes the process of co-authorship, offering considerable insight on problems and benefits of collaboration. No additional sources cited.
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in groups, which is a task that requires collaboration between students in regards to providing a written report on group goals and activities. This article offers insight into the processes
involved in co-authorship. Ede and Lunsford begin their article by recounting their realization that they are each a very different person from the other, with different habits, which includes their
approaches to writing and thinking. A teacher could use this description to prompt a discussion of diversity among the various student groups making up a class, with these discussion leading
to the realization that this diversity is a rich resource that can be utilized to enhance the research projects in which the students are engaged. Utilization of the text
in collaboration with a classmate: In particular, the article can be used to enhance collaboration between classmates working on the same project. Ede and Lunsford describe their method of collaboration
as a continuous process of "talk...write...talk...read" that repeats over and over as they produce rough drafts, rewrites and, ultimately, their final product (Ede and Lunsford 45). The authors also relate
that their longest talks occurred initially and the ways in which they were constrained by "a broad topic and by a medium of publication and an audience" (Ede and Lunsford
45). These are factors that are applicable to any project that should be considered by collaborators. Personal appraisal of the article: While the student researching this topic is
encouraged to offer a personal opinion of the article, this writer/tutor found it to be exemplary. This opinion is based on the fact that the authors present considerable insight into
the process of co-authorship and collaboration, describing problems as well as benefits. For example, due to differences in their approach to writing, one author felt that they were constantly "spinning
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