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An examination of Oregon Writing Project teachers : a qualitative study of professional development experiences

Creator:

Obery, Angela D.

Abstract:

This qualitative study examined the influence of the 2011 Oregon Writing Project (OWP) Summer Institute (SI) on the professional development of six teachers in the following ways: 1. The development of case descriptions of teachers' personal and professional backgrounds relevant to their teaching of writing. 2. An examination of the...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Charting their own course as writers : a study of writing-intensive students’ self-assessment and goal-setting at start of term

Creator:

Robinson, Tracy Ann

Abstract:

Curricular models and teaching techniques that support college students as the primary authors of their writing-across-the-curriculum experiences remain largely unexplored. This thesis addresses that research gap by investigating the use of a start-of-term writing self-assessment and goal-setting questionnaire (STQ) for upper-division undergraduates taking writing-intensive (WI) college courses in their majors....

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

program is directed by a tenured OSU faculty member whose area of academic expertise is Rhetoric and