What College Freshmen Say about Previous Writing Experiences.

Autor/in	Autrey, Ken
Titel	What College Freshmen Say about Previous Writing Experiences.
Quelle	(1989), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; College Freshmen; High Schools; Higher Education; Middle Schools; School Surveys; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Teaching Styles; Writing Achievement; Writing Attitudes; Writing Instruction; Writing Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Studienanfänger; High school; Oberschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schülerverhalten; Studienerfahrung; Lehrstil; Unterrichtsstil; Schreibunterricht; Schreibforschung
Abstract	An informal research project examined how college freshmen's performances and attitudes in writing were influenced by middle and high school writing experiences. Subjects, enrolled in a basic writing course, filled out questionnaires and were interviewed informally concerning their previous writing experiences. Over a period of years, several generalizations were possible: (1) college freshmen had few specific memories of writing in their elementary and middle school years; (2) many students attributed their current dislike for writing to the rigidity of the writing instruction they received in middle and high school; (3) memorable writing assignments in high school included the research paper and the 5-paragraph theme; (4) students invariably mentioned teachers as the most important influence on their writing; and (5) over half of the students surveyed had written independently. (Two questionnaires are attached.) (RS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC