Homework #17

Summary to Penrose & Geisler
In their article "Reading and Writing without Authority" they examine the differences between text first year students and doctoral student written about the same subject. Penrose and Geisler argue that even though first year students vs doctoral students writing does differ. First year students are more credibly than the doctoral students. They examine the differences between students reading and writing elements and the affects there teachers and surrounding have on them.
Questions 3-5
3. Janet's informational-transfer model of knowledge is more high school based to where you are given specific guidelines and you must follow them for your writing assignment. Roger's constructivist model of knowledge is more of a writing about what you already know and what information you can find out.
4. I think this was the case because because she is a freshman english student and hasn't discovered that it is important to use author's in a credibly manor and that she is still using sources in her paper like she would in high school. I think she just wanted to get the assignment done and she lacks credibility in her reading and the use of valid sources within her writing.
5. I would have to say I am in between there writing model's of knowledge because the type of model of knowledge through writing that I use depends on the assignment I am given. If I feel as if I am given more freedom within the assignment than I write more  like Roger's but if I am given an assignment with strict guidelines I write more like Janet.
Meta Moment
One thing I will take away from this article is that the way you sound and come off to readers through your writing is the level of confidence people with think that you wrote with while writing your paper. Another thing I will take away is that you need to sound experienced and knowledgeable through your writing so people see that you come off as a credibly source through your writing.
Response to Penrose & Geisler
I found this article very useful to read and I think it will help out a lot with writing a successful paper 4. I will take a lot of the information in this article into my future writing. After reading this article I understood that authority and confidence plays an important role in your writing to make your writing credibly so that others will believe what you are saying.