Browsing by Author "Angelotti, Michael,"
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An analysis of talk in four first-year composition cooperative learning groups.
Everett, Justin Edward. (2001)This dissertation considers the question, "in what ways do students in cooperative learning groups in First-Year Composition courses create social contexts that allow positive, constructive criticism to take place?" Social ... -
Chasing the shadow: A heuristic look at reader-response.
Harris, Kim A. (2006)What is the experience of reader-response from the learner's and teachers' perspectives? The purpose of the research reported here was to explore the students' and teachers' perspectives regarding literature and the ... -
Emerging voices of undergraduate writers: A study of the phenomenon of writing changes during the college years.
Salwierak, Marian. (2007)College faculty can support the growth of undergraduate writers by establishing a learning community focused on learning as motivation. Conferences that provide specific, concrete suggestions, as well as leading questions, ... -
Employed, rural high school seniors, mandatory attendance, and senior English: A phenomenological exploration.
Blake, Margie Smith. (2007)This phenomenological study examines the lived experiences of seven employed high school seniors to explore the research question: How do rural, employed high school seniors approach learning in English, their only required ... -
English/language arts teachers' emotional responses to difference: A feminist poststructural analysis.
Bolf-beliveau, Laura. (2007)Although the population in public schools within the United States continues to reflect a more diverse student body, the majority of preservice and inservice teachers are white, middle class women (McFalls & Cobb-Roberts, ... -
How caring informs teaching.
Baker, Randy M. (2006)This study is a qualitative investigation into the concept of care based on a heuristic research design constructed by Clark Moustakas. The researcher relied on the belief that teachers are knowers through lived experience ... -
Reading readers: An examination of the aesthetic reading events of four experienced readers of narrative fiction reading self-selected novels.
Dupre, Joseph Kevin. (1997)This investigation focused on (1) transactions between the readers and the novels they had chosen, (2) the readers' purposes and processes, (3) and the contexts, experiential and socio-cultural, that influence these readers ... -
Teaching what we know: Perspectives on the teaching practices and writing habits of freshman composition instructors.
Frazier, Margaret E. (1998)I found that each participant defined the word "writer" in a different way. They also established individual criteria for whether they were writers; for example, the participant who wrote prolifically did not consider ...