Revisiting the Inquiry Contract (revised)

When the general public considers the subject I’m working with, what are the issues, questions or concerns that they think are important to discuss? Do these questions and concerns differ from those of the scholarly discourse community?

The general public I would be aiming at is parents because they are going to want what is best for their child’s understanding. They may ask their child’s teachers what methods of feedback they use and how students respond to it. The scholarly discourse community will already be familiar with the topic and may produce arguments on better feedback methods.

In discussions of my subject, what are some of the status quo assumptions that appear to go unsaid but nonetheless seem almost universally believed?

The most common form of response to students writing is comments on the students’ paper. Most educators believe that is the best way to give feedback to the students. This may be true but it depends on what type of comments they write.

In texts that people produce about my subject, what kinds of outcomes or results do they expect the texts to have with readers? Do writers about my subject usually expect a reader simply to consider their ideas, to believe in them strongly, to take some specific action? What?

It is hard for me to answer this question because I have not read over the articles I have found yet. I would think the scholarly writers want readers to take their argument in consideration and practice their modes of thinking. They persuade the reader with their experiment outcomes what methods should be used to get the best response out of students. Educators are the main audience for those articles and it may be beneficial to them to think about it and test them out for themselves.