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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Academic writing--Study and teaching"”.
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Imitation, not theft: a mixed-methods study of plagiarism
This mixed-methods study examines how student writers’ use of others’ work that is labeled plagiaristic may actually represent productive attempts to engage in scholarly discourse through imitation, which has a long history of use in pedagogy. The study’s two research questions were: do points of …
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An Analysis of the Argumentative Writing Skills of Academically Underprepared College Students
The present study was conducted to extend what is known about the writing skills of low achieving postsecondary students. Using an archival data set, a sample of argumentative essays written by community college developmental (remedial) education students was analyzed. Scoring procedures for …
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Queer writes: A phenomenological study of LGBTQIA+ students’ identity and belonging following the United States Supreme Court Obergefell decision
… this problem has had upon the developing gender and sexualities identities and sense of belongingness of young adult LGBTQIA+ college students. In addition, too little is known about the impact that first-year writing courses may have upon these college students’ identity and sense of …
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Identifying as author: exploring the pedagogical basis for assisting diverse students to discover their identities through creatively defined literacy narratives
… the redefinition of concepts such as text and authorship in the field of composition studies. Drawing from scholarship on topics ranging from multi-modal composition to feminist historical-appropriation, the author builds a case for redefining these concepts to include a broader range of …