ERIC Number: EJ864278
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 7
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Positive Expectations: A Reflective Tale on the Teaching of Writing
Ockerstrom, Lolly
InSight: A Collection of Faculty Scholarship, v2 p50-56 2007
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.
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Freshman Composition, Writing Instruction, Student Motivation, Writing (Composition), Expectation, Poetry, Cooperative Learning, Reading Strategies, Writing Strategies, Teaching Methods, College Freshmen
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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