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ERIC Number: EJ864278
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1933-4850
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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.
Park University, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO 64152. Tel: 816-584-6770; Fax: 308-224-3493; e-mail: cetl@park.edu; Web site: http://www.insightjournal.net/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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