ATEGers,
 
In my research I am reading a lot about an approach to teaching college composition that was popular back in the 1950s, and maybe earlier, called the "thought approach." I am assuming that this is referring to something sort of like the "figure it out" approach, as opposed to the "drill grammar" approach--but I'm not sure about this, so I'm asking for help. In the sources I'm seeing, this "thought approach" is referred to as if everyone knows what is being talked about without it being defined or explained, so it must have been a well-known thing at the time.
 
Would anyone have any information about what this approach to teaching composition involved, or if there is anything published about it? I promise not to date you to the 1950s, though I myself go back that far (only as a mere child, however). Reply offlist if you like.
 
Thanks,
 
Tim
 
Tim Hadley
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Graduate Assistant, Graduate School Fellowships and Scholarships
Ph.D. candidate, Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Texas Tech University
 

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