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  • Modalities of responding to student writing : how the medium shapes the message

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    Mosser, Sarah E.
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    With the rapid development of new computer mediated technologies, instructors have more options of the modalities of responding to student writing. Whereas traditionally, responses have been written by hand, technological developments allow responses to take very different forms. Some of these technologies, such as word processing, mimic the text-on-page techniques...
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    Sara E. Jameson With the rapid development of new computer mediated technologies, instructors

  • Principles and practices in online writing instruction

    Creator:
    Cole, Gail
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    This thesis explores the administrative issues that factor into the teaching of writing online. I explore these issues by situating the Conference on College Composition and Communication Position Statement of Principles and Example Effective Best Practices for Online Writing Instruction at the center of this project by both examining and...
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    me to become a better writer. I also thank my committee members, Lisa Ede and Sara Jameson, for

  • Extending and Visualizing Authorship in Comics Studies

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    Brown, Nicholas A.
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    This thesis complicates the traditional associations between authorship and alphabetic composition within the comics medium and examines how the contributions of line artists and writers differ and may alter an audience's perceptions of the medium. As a fundamentally multimodal and collaborative work, the popular superhero comic muddies authorial claims and...
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    would also like to thank Sara Jameson who always seems to give me something new to consider every time

  • Argument and common ground : scholarly research meets the common core state standards

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    Clark, Jillian
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    This thesis examines the recent history of the teaching of argument and its implications in the face of new writing standards being implemented in K-12 classrooms under the Common Core State Standards. The new educational policies will shift the focus of writing instruction onto argument writing as part of students'...
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    encouragement and trust in my instincts never fail to boost my spirits. To Sara Jameson, whose thoughts on Tim

  • Geoarchaeological research within five river miles of the Upper Klamath River Canyon : use of pedogenic properties to calculate alluvial terrace age

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    Hescock, Sara
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    Soil is a valuable medium when investigating the past-- from understanding rates of development, landform evolution, to the construction of various predictive models. Landforms and sediments provide insight into depositional environments and soil morphology indicates pedogenic change within those landforms. The rate at which pedogenesis occurs has been quantitatively measured...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara Hescock for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology

  • (Re)-conceiving birthing spaces in India : exploring NGO promotion of institutional delivery in Rajasthan, India

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    Price, Sara
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    In India, globalized flows of bio-medical discourse, practices and technologies are reshaping the field of reproductive healthcare, and the performance of childbirth more specifically. These projects aim to produce institutional delivery rooms that are "safe and modernized" by equating the utilization of westernized, obstetric techniques for managing delivery with better...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara Price for the

  • Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

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    Jameson, Sara
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    Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous articles and books including the literacy memoir - Lives on the Boundary - has been active in the field of education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of composition studies to...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara Jameson for the degree of

  • Twentieth century influences on public library service to certain adult groups

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    Ashwell, Sara Elizabeth
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    The purpose of this study has been to develop insight into the aims and goals of public library service by considering one particular type of library activity--work with adult groups. To determine the influence of historical events on such service, consideration has been given to group work of the past...
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    Certain Adult Groups AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara Elizabeth Ashwell for the Master of Arts Decree

  • Talking Story, Writing Proper : Pidgin-Speaking Hawaii Writers at Oregon State University

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    Lum, Kristina H. J.
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    This thesis is based on a two-part study that analyzes the cultural and linguistic characteristics of the Hawaii student population at Oregon State University (OSU). I designed and conducted a survey among Hawaii students at OSU. Then I interviewed ten Hawaii students who self-identified as Hawaii Creole English (a.k.a. Pidgin)...
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    composition faculty, Tim Jensen, Sara Jameson, and Ehren Pflugfelder, for their generous assistance. They

  • Public Proof : Science Communication, Weak Theory, and the Nonrational

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    Snyder, Wesley M.
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    A 2014 Pew Research poll revealed large gaps between public opinion and scientific opinion over environmental and biomedical issues (Funk and Rainie). Similarly, a number of recent popular books have described a growing public mistrust in scientific expertise (Mooney; Storr; Specter). Why is it, then, that so much of the...
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    as my GCR on short notice; Sara Jameson for keeping my inbox stuffed full of books, articles, and