Positive Expectations: A Reflective Tale on the Teaching of Writing
A case study on the teaching of writing, this paper discusses what motivates students in a freshman writing course to complete increasingly difficult writing assignments. The study provides a glimpse into how one class of freshman students developed positive expectations for writing a paper about a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Park University
2007-08-01
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Series: | InSight |
Online Access: | http://www.insightjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5-Positive-Expectations-A-Reflective-Tale-on-the-Teaching-of-Writing.pdf |
Summary: | A case study on the teaching of writing, this paper discusses what motivates students in a freshman writing course to complete increasingly difficult writing assignments. The study provides a glimpse into how one class of freshman students developed positive expectations for writing a paper about a difficult poem by helping each other map strategies for reading and writing. |
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ISSN: | 1933-4850 1933-4869 |