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Paul, Mary W. – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2021
There is minimal research which makes the connection between mobile technology and improved student achievement. This study addressed the gap in the literature and considered the dynamic and fluid engagement mobile technology brings to the teaching and learning environment to improve student essay scores in the composition classroom. Freshman…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Bloom, Matthew – Open Praxis, 2019
This article presents the results of a 2016 classroom research study assessing the impact of open pedagogy on student skills mastery in English 101, a first-year undergraduate composition course at a two-year community college in North America. Ninety-two students in five sections used the same free OER course materials, but two sections were…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Skill Development, Mastery Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
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Young, Debra Dimond; Morgan, Rachel – Composition Studies, 2020
In this study, we examine the use of community-engaged writing pedagogy and the authentic, contextualized writing projects it creates to determine if students better understand the concept of audience and incorporate that foundational knowledge into their writing process. Thematic analysis of student reflections and interviews found students view…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Service Learning, Critical Thinking, Community Organizations
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Stouck, Jordan – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
This paper describes a pilot blended learning format for a first-year genre-based Canadian composition course. It measures responses to the online learning materials and hybrid class schedule by comparing student writing skill perception questionnaires, teaching evaluation questionnaires, and written assignments for control and experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Freshman Composition, College Freshmen
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King, Carie S. Tucker; Keeth, Sara; Ryan, Christopher J. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2018
We needed to provide options and to create space for first-year writing courses at a growing tier-one, four-year, public university. Therefore, three faculty members--the program director, the associate director, and a full-time teaching fellow--collaborated to create, pilot, and assess a hybrid version of our writing course. The teaching fellow…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Collaboration, Curriculum Design, Blended Learning
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Hong, Carrie Eunyoung; Mongillo, Geraldine; Wilder, Hilary – Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This study explored how college freshmen at a mid-sized public university in north-eastern United States used Twitter, an anytime/anywhere writing technology, to support and promote the writing process by using tweets as a pre-writing activity. Two of the authors taught a joint course of First Year Seminar and Basic Reading in which the same group…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication
Ross, Jeffrey; Faucette, Dixon – 1994
During the 1994 fall semester, an instructor taught an English 101 section at Central Arizona College-Superstition Mountain Campus that used readings from Graham Flegg's "Numbers: Their History and Meaning" as the basis for 3 of the assigned readings. Only 3 of the 5 assigned essays were based on math--as opposed to all of them--for…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Writing, Freshman Composition, Group Dynamics
Anson, Chris M.; And Others – 1993
Offering teaching assistants, new faculty members, and adjunct instructors "real-world" scenarios about the many facets of teaching introductory college composition, this book provides situations, sample syllabi, assignments, and journal entries from classrooms. The book's six chapters move from general considerations of assignment…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Bridges, Jean Bolen – 1993
Composition classes at East Georgia College, a two-year college in the University System of Georgia, use some literature and literary discussions without compromising the "integrity" of the composition course. Cultural backgrounds of students are similar--most come from non-reading homes, and some say they have never read a whole book.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Content, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Freshman Composition