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Direct linkMarjorie Barnes – ProQuest LLC, 2025
This participatory action research (PAR) dissertation study investigates the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles by community college faculty in first-year writing courses to support students with learning disabilities at a New Jersey community college. Through a collaborative approach involving faculty as active…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Access to Education, Freshman Composition
Elizabeth Louise Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2021
I have always valued reflection highly -- as a means of developing as a writer and as a life practice -- but I have been disappointed by the lack of thought resembling reflection when asking students to write about their writing practices. This dissertation presents the results of a grounded theory study of student reflective assignments through a…
Descriptors: Reflection, Writing Instruction, Game Based Learning, Courses
Omar Ahmed Yacoub – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Purpose of this dissertation is to explore undergraduate Computer Science (CS) students' writing processes and transfer as they occur in the process of completing a writing assignment in a CS course. In particular, I observe and analyze students' writing processes, and investigate examples of writing knowledge transfer from prior and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Majors (Students), Transfer of Training
Richard Samuelson – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Research exploring the efficacy of Service-Learning hasn't fully investigated potential implications for online modalities and transfer of learning. Therefore, during Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters I taught two second-semester composition courses built around essays that required students to engage with communities outside the classroom.…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, In Person Learning, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Waner, Lisa Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Students moving from high school writing to college writing are, from a sociocultural perspective, transitioning from one "community of practice" to another, from one "Discourse" to another (Gee, 1992; Wenger, 1998). This process can be difficult, not only for basic writers (Bartholomae, 1985; Shaughnessy, 1977) but also for…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Communities of Practice, Student Experience
Stansell, Jon W. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
My fulfillment in life comes through helping others develop their potential, work through their troubles, and follow their dreams. I have found that my college students embrace this aspect as I teach them expressive, author-involved writing. Peter Elbow's work asserts that this type of writing fits into his theory of personal development, which is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Freshman Composition, College Freshmen, Student Development
