Positive Expectations: A Reflective Tale on the Teaching of Writing

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...

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Main Author: Lolly Ockerstrom, PhD (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Park University, 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: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.
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