Many different researchers have addressed different problems that have risen when conducting primary research. Dorothy Williams and Louisa Coles from The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK talked about teachers and the problems they face when conducting and using their research. “Teachers’ strategies and confidence in their abilities to find, evaluate and use research information,” was low because “limiting the use of research information, exacerbat[ed] the perceived chal

Compocon is a composition conference for English 1302 students to have an opportunity to have an informal conversation with professionals and experts from the university.This year, Compocon-The SPARK took place at the University of Texas-Pan American Ballroom on February 18th and 19th.The purpose of Compocon was to help students Develop the Big Question.The Big question is basically just what their question will be like for their research. In order to get help from a professi

When we were assigned to attend the first week of COMPOCON I was a bit hesitant about it because I had never attended a writing convention before or even knew what it was going to be about. I didn't know how helpful it would be. I just thought the COMPOCON sessions were going to be covering what I already knew. Although COMPOCON was more like a small convention of information for English students. The first COMPOCON event of 2015 was an all week event in which you went and ex