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People, Places And Ideas: A Year-Long Conversation With Rural Alaskan Students, Lauren Mcclanahan, Andrea Gabler
People, Places And Ideas: A Year-Long Conversation With Rural Alaskan Students, Lauren Mcclanahan, Andrea Gabler
Writing Research Fellows
Research Question: How can developing strong writing prompts elicit strong student responses concerning the evidence of climate change in a rural Alaskan fishing village?
Method: For this case study, my pre-service secondary teacher education students were paired (via e-mail) with middle school students in rural southwestern Alaska. The Alaskan students were from the small fishing village of Eek, which has a population of approximately 280. Through a process of continual refinement, my secondary education students drafted and revised writing prompts that encouraged the Alaskan students to think in terms of how climate change is changing their way of life.
Blogging As A Way Of Thinking, Julia Sapin, Robyn Rossmeisl
Blogging As A Way Of Thinking, Julia Sapin, Robyn Rossmeisl
Writing Research Fellows
Research Question: How can technology help to establish more open classrooms through writing, thereby affecting who is involved in discussion and how involvement takes place?
Method: Developed questionnaire for blog participants in a variety of Julia’s classes. We based our findings on the responses in those questionnaires, supplemented by secondary materials that helped us define terms and technology.
Making It Through: From Start To Finish… Faculty And Student Co-Authorship Process, Tara Perry, Brian Launius, Hayley Peterson
Making It Through: From Start To Finish… Faculty And Student Co-Authorship Process, Tara Perry, Brian Launius, Hayley Peterson
Writing Research Fellows
Research Questions: RQ1: What is the process of co-authoring a writing project between professors and students? RQ2: What are professor’s perceptions of co-authoring a writing project with college students? RQ3: What are student’s perceptions of co-authoring a writing project with a professor? RQ4: What communication processes are involved in student faculty co-authorship?
Method: The qualitative method of data collection was utilized for this study. The researchers conducted two focus groups and seven face to face interviews with different subjects, professors and students. This study was conducted at a university in the Pacific Northwest.
Integration Of Technical And Scientific Writing Into Surface-Water Hydrology (Geol 472/572), Robert J. Mitchell, Niki Thane
Integration Of Technical And Scientific Writing Into Surface-Water Hydrology (Geol 472/572), Robert J. Mitchell, Niki Thane
Writing Research Fellows
Research Question: Do my practices improve students’ writing skills and their understanding of science?
Method: My primary goal is to help students develop their scientific thinking through writing. My hope is that as students advance from project-to-project, they will discover that learning the science is highly correlated to their ability to express their thinking in writing. Naturally, I also want students to learn the mechanical and style elements that define good scientific writing, such as writing concisely, using appropriate grammar, and developing proper figures and tables; conventions which are easier to learn and teach.
Journal Writing In The Classroom: Chore Or Delight?, Jennifer Karchmer, Anya Nakrokhina
Journal Writing In The Classroom: Chore Or Delight?, Jennifer Karchmer, Anya Nakrokhina
Writing Research Fellows
Research Questions:
- What are some attitudes and behavioral trends of students toward a journal writing assignment?
- How effective is a journal writing assignment in the classroom?
- How can a journal writing assignment be improved for both students and instructor?
Method:
Quantitative data based on 39 surveys administered during Fall 2007 quarter at WWU to COMM318 Professional Communication students. Also, this study included student journals (about 10-pages each) with qualitative comments.
Student Literacy And The Effect Of Digital Writing, Catherine Mcdonald, Amanda Hill
Student Literacy And The Effect Of Digital Writing, Catherine Mcdonald, Amanda Hill
Writing Research Fellows
Research Question:
Our research question had three components:
- What is the effect of teaching the production of online texts?
- What is the effect of teaching the analysis of digital literacies?
- How do students assess the effect of studying self-sponsored digital literacies?
Method: Our methodology was a qualitative study using ethnographic techniques, or more specifically, ethnographic writing research. Wendy Bishop explains this research methodology (Bishop, 1999).While ethnography is a phenomenological method of participating in a culture and giving an account of it as experienced by native members, ethnographic writing research is a less intensive study of the literacy practices …
Using A Field Journal To Enhance Conceptual Understanding, Shelby L. Sheppard, Jennifer Baldwin, Gretchen Anderson
Using A Field Journal To Enhance Conceptual Understanding, Shelby L. Sheppard, Jennifer Baldwin, Gretchen Anderson
Writing Research Fellows
Research Question: Is individual experience a significant factor in deepening conceptual understanding?
Method: A Field Journal Assignment was given to two classes (1 grad and 1 undergrad) each of three terms over the course of the academic year. Students in each course were provided with a seminal reading which articulated the merits of deepening conceptual understanding by means of analyzing one’s beliefs about a particular concept and one’s reasons for holding those beliefs. (Wilson, J. 1998, “Seriousness and the Foundations of Education”, Educational Theory Vol 48: #2)
Communities For Growth: Cultivating And Sustaining Service-Learning Teaching And Scholarship In A Faculty Fellows Program, Carmen Werder, Angela Harwood, Leslie Ochs, Deborah Currier, Shearlean Duke, Joyce D. Hammond, Lisa Moulds, Karen Stout
Communities For Growth: Cultivating And Sustaining Service-Learning Teaching And Scholarship In A Faculty Fellows Program, Carmen Werder, Angela Harwood, Leslie Ochs, Deborah Currier, Shearlean Duke, Joyce D. Hammond, Lisa Moulds, Karen Stout
Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
We analyze a two-year Faculty Fellows Program designed to enhance the service-learning pedagogy and scholarship at a regional comprehensive university. The impact of the program was analyzed using initial questionnaires, meeting notes, final reports, and faculty reflective essays. Participation in a faculty fellows cohort program provided a sense of campus community, led to professional and personal development, and improved community and student outcomes. Findings indicated the supportive culture created through the program was central to its powerful impact; other positive outcomes were grounded in the sense of community that developed.
Taking Stands For Social Justice, Francisco Rios, Lorinda Lindley
Taking Stands For Social Justice, Francisco Rios, Lorinda Lindley
Woodring College of Education Faculty Publications
In this paper the authors describe efforts to help students take a stand for social justice in the College of Education at one predominantly White institution in the western Rocky Mountain region. The authors outline the theoretical frameworks that inform this work and the context of our work. The focus is on specific pedagogical strategies used with teacher education students who primarily were from monocultural (Euro-American) communities in their preparation for diversity and equity in multicultural America. The authors describe these strategies and themes that emerged from student responses. These themes included the value of seeing things from different perspectives, …
Assessing Preservice Teachers’ Concerns And Comforts With Multicultural Education, Carmen Montecinos, Francisco Rios
Assessing Preservice Teachers’ Concerns And Comforts With Multicultural Education, Carmen Montecinos, Francisco Rios
Woodring College of Education Faculty Publications
Currently, racial/ethnic minority students represent a third of the K12 student enrollment across the United States; by the year 2035, they will represent over 50 percent (American Educational Research Association, Division K Newsletter, 1998). This significant increase in the ethnic diversity of the K12 population, coupled with persistent disparities in educational attainment among various ethnic/racial groups in the United States, has supported an educational reform movement known as multicultural education (Banks, 1997). This movement’s goal is to redesign schooling in ways that "increase educational equity for a range of cultural, ethnic, and economic groups" (Banks, 1997, p. 7). Teacher …