Clashing Technologies: The Legacy of 19th Century Writing Instruction Meets the 21st Century Writing Classroom
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/drwswebb/lore/1_1/palmquist.html

Palmquist, Mike
Lore
2001

Abstract:

In most writing classrooms, the primary activity is not writing per se, but rather the discussion of writing. You know the drill: as teachers, we create a writing assignment, introduce it during class, ask students if they have any questions, and send them off to work on the assignment. When students return to class with a draft of the assignment, we might discuss it as a class or perhaps put the students through a peer review session. But only rarely do we ask our students to actually write during class.