ERIC Number: EJ1313647
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 17
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Academics Alone Together: Liberal Arts Graduate Students' Writing Networks
Hedengren, Mary; Harrison, Hannah V.
Journal of Teaching and Learning, v12 n1 p21-37 Fall 2018
Graduate writers who develop networks of writing are positioned to enter into the larger discourse community during and after graduate work. Our study surveyed graduate writers in the humanities about their sources of writing feedback and how much they use and trust those sources. The results indicate that graduate students do employ a variety of sources and strategically assess when and how to use those sources. Still, many graduate students do not get frequent feedback on their writing, and others believe "we take what we get" in writing feedback. Student services that serve graduate students should work in conjunction with graduate program administrators and advisors to encourage students to develop effective networks of writing feedback, including important peer networks.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Emotional Response, Feedback (Response), Humanities, Academic Language, Faculty Advisers, Peer Relationship, Social Networks, Trust (Psychology), Scholarship, Theses, Writing Processes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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