Homework for 1/15/13

1. What does the title mean? What does it tell us about what this document is attempting to lay out?
- The title "Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing". I personally don't really understand the word "Postsecondary" mean, but I think that this generally talks about the format of a good piece of writing, the way to achieve a good piece of writing in college. 

2. Who produced the document?
- Council of Writing Program Administrators, National Council of Teachers of English, and National Writing Project

3. In your own words, what are “habits of mind”? Which of the “habits of minds” bolded categories makes the least sense to you / do you want us to go over in class? Choose one category.
- Habits of mind is basically the most effective way to study of an individuals to make that individual success in the professional education life. 
- Metacognition

4. In your own words, what is “critical thinking”? Which bullet point makes the least sense to you / do you want us to go over in class?
- The ability to "CRITICAL THINKING" is the ability to evaluate a situation, to think about the causes and consequences of each choices and give out the most CRITICAL choice.

- Ability to compose in multiple environments

5. In your own words, what does “developing knowledge of conventions” mean?

- As I understand from the reading, "Developing knowledge of conventions" is trying to look up some general rules of writing for you to follow, some dos, some don'ts of writing that you have to strictly follow.