University Students' Beliefs about Writing and Writing Approaches [microform] / Ellen Lavelle and Nancy Zuercher
- Bib ID:
- 5631059
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Lavelle, Ellen
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED434541
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- Description:
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- [Washington D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999
- 21 p.
- Summary:
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This study examined students' beliefs about themselves as writers and about their experiences of learning through writing. A sample of 30 students enrolled in 2 freshman composition classes at a medium-sized Midwestern university completed a 74-item inventory measuring student writing approaches. Following administration of the inventory, 13 students with the highest scores were selected for semi-structured interviews. Five types of student writing approaches were identified: (1) elaborative, which views writing as deeply personal and marked by a search for personal meaning; (2) low self-efficacy, a highly fearful approach based on doubting ability and thinking about writing as a painful task; (3) reflective-revisionist, which describes a writing orientation based on a sophisticated understanding of the revision process; (4) spontaneous-impulsive, which profiles an impulsive, unplanned approach; and (5) the procedural approach, a method-driven strategy based on strict adherence to rules and minimal involvement. The report concludes that an understanding of student perceptions about their writing is important to helping them gain a positive identity in writing as a precursor to acquiring increased skills. (Contains 29 references.) (CH)
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- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Zuercher, Nancy, author
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1999
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