Re: perfomance

Peter Smagorinsky (psmagorinsky who-is-at ou.edu)
Sun, 28 Dec 1997 14:37:46

Bill, try Courtney Cazden's Classroom Discourse, 1988, Heinemann. I've got
the phrase referenced to that source in something I wrote, though my copy
of the book is at my campus office so I can't verify it now.

Peter

At 01:07 PM 12/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Folks,
>
>What is the origin and/or history of the phrase 'performance before
>competance'?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bill Barowy,
>Technology in Education
>Lesley College, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
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