Self-Directed Learning And The Development Of Self-Efficacy In Basic Writing

<p>This dissertation examines and analyzes the work of two sections of basic writing over the course of one semester. I explore relevant research in Writing Studies, Cognitive Psychology, and Educational Psychology to build a framework within which to discuss pedagogical strategies implemented to support student’s self-directed learning behaviors and to positively affect their efficacy beliefs. Through an analysis of students’ written work, I determined whether and how this pedagogy facilitated students’ articulation of efficacy beliefs as evidence through the language of their reflective writing assignments. Analysis of the data suggests three major arguments: first, that while self-efficacy is a complex construct to identify and analyze qualitatively, the multi-causal construct of goal articulation serves as a helpful tool with which to measure it; second, that students’ development and discussion of personal learning objectives – in which students break down those objectives into component parts making the monitoring of their learning accessible and task-based – appears to facilitate students’ use of multi-causality in their writing; third, that identifying task-based learning throughout the course of a semester can lead teachers and researchers to see students’ own language as it relates to their perceptions of success in a writing classroom.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Latawiec, Amy Ann

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gwen Gorzelsky

• Composition
• Self-Directed Learning
• Self-Efficacy
• Self-Regulated Learning
• Writing Studies
• Cognitive Psychology
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1457

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-2456