A Student Generated Anthology: Vested Interests in Reading, Writing, and Research.

Kearney, Julie

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ERIC Number: EJ577090

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Publication Date: 1998

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A Student Generated Anthology: Vested Interests in Reading, Writing, and Research.

Kearney, Julie

Exercise Exchange, v44 n1 p7-12 Fall 1998

Describes how the teacher of a Composition II class (a second-semester composition class with the emphasis in research writing and bibliography) had the students, through their research, generate the readings for themselves. Describes how class discussion, writing fluency and clarity, rhetorical strategies, and development of essays all displayed clear improvements as a result. (SR)

Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Reading Material Selection, Student Attitudes, Student Developed Materials, Student Motivation, Student Research, Writing Improvement

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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