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Full-Text Articles in Education
Natural History Of Discourse Of Missouri House Bill 1042: Bringing A Critical Perspective To Policy Engagement In Two-Year Contexts, Mary Casey Reid
Natural History Of Discourse Of Missouri House Bill 1042: Bringing A Critical Perspective To Policy Engagement In Two-Year Contexts, Mary Casey Reid
English Theses & Dissertations
In this autoethnographically-infused natural history of discourse (NHD) (Silverstein and Urban, 1996; Slembrouck, 2001), I use methods from critical discourse studies (CDS) to trace 10 years of changes in “remediation” discourses within a corpus of texts associated with Missouri HB 1042, a piece of legislation passed in 2012 that requires higher education institutions to “replicate best practices in remediation” (CBHE, 2013). After providing national and state context related to HB 1042 and the discourses circulating within the HB 1042 corpus of texts, I describe what I call the “higher ed’s remediation problem” discourse, focusing on three discourse features that I …
Esl To Composition Transitions: Investigating The Differences In Disciplinary Values Among Two-Year College Faculty, Amy M. Flessert
Esl To Composition Transitions: Investigating The Differences In Disciplinary Values Among Two-Year College Faculty, Amy M. Flessert
English Theses & Dissertations
In this qualitative methods study, I draw on Paul Kei Matsuda’s 1999 article “Composition Studies and ESL Writing: A Disciplinary Division of Labor” to examine if, more than 20 years after its publication, there is still a significant disciplinary division between ESL writing and first-year college composition. I surveyed writing instructors from both ESL and ENG at Mid-Atlantic Community College (MACC) regarding what they value as “good” writing. I also worked with three faculty members – one in ENG, one in ESL, and a third who teaches in both departments, serving, in this study and the department, as a “bridge” …
Annotated Bibliographies, Brian Nudelman
Annotated Bibliographies, Brian Nudelman
Research Skills
This handout provides guidelines to help students construct an annotated bibliography including an MLA-formatted citation, a summary paragraph, and an evaluation for each source.
Notes On Quotes: Special Circumstances, Sue Kuykendall
Notes On Quotes: Special Circumstances, Sue Kuykendall
Research Skills
This handout provides information about managing special circumstances regarding quotation.
Synthesis Of Research, Angela Gulick
Synthesis Of Research, Angela Gulick
Research Skills
This handout provides information about synthesizing or blending different perspectives together in research writing. It consists of tips and examples of research paragraphs using synthesis.
Paraphrasing Sources, Angela Gulick
Paraphrasing Sources, Angela Gulick
Research Skills
This handout provides step-by-step instructions on how to paraphrase information from sources.
Summaries 2, Sue Kuykendall
Summaries 2, Sue Kuykendall
Research Skills
This handout provides information on the different types of summaries and how to write them.
Direct Quotations, Angela Gulick
Direct Quotations, Angela Gulick
Research Skills
This handout provides step-by-step information on using direct quotations.
Summaries 1, Lori Williams
Summaries 1, Lori Williams
Research Skills
This handout provides step-by-step instructions on how to write a summary.
Paraphrasing, Summarizing, And Quoting Sources, Angela Gulick
Paraphrasing, Summarizing, And Quoting Sources, Angela Gulick
Research Skills
This handout provides a chart that compares paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting sources.
Formal Outlines: Analyzing An Argumentative Topic And Outlining An Argument, Sue Kuykendall
Formal Outlines: Analyzing An Argumentative Topic And Outlining An Argument, Sue Kuykendall
Research Skills
This handout provides information about analyzing and argumentative topic and provides an outline format for an academic argument.
Academic Research Papers - Helpful Hints, Lori Williams
Academic Research Papers - Helpful Hints, Lori Williams
Research Skills
This handout provides guidelines to help students construct an academic research paper.
Personal Statements For College Applications And Scholarships, Angela Gulick
Personal Statements For College Applications And Scholarships, Angela Gulick
Personal Statements for College Applications and Scholarships
This handout, complied by the author and Writing Lab Faculty, presents suggestions on how to write a personal statement for a college application.
Sample Personal Statement #1 For College Application, Deanna Williams
Sample Personal Statement #1 For College Application, Deanna Williams
Personal Statements for College Applications and Scholarships
This handout provides an example of a personal statement for a college application.
Sample Personal Statement #2 For College Application, Angela Gulick
Sample Personal Statement #2 For College Application, Angela Gulick
Personal Statements for College Applications and Scholarships
This handout provides an example of a personal statement for a college application.
Apostrophes, Angela Gulick
Apostrophes, Angela Gulick
Punctuation
This instructional handout provides tips for how to determine when to use apostrophes.
Semicolons And Colons, Angela Gulick
Semicolons And Colons, Angela Gulick
Punctuation
This handout provides examples showing appropriate use of semicolons and colons.
Comma Splices, Angela Gulick
Comma Splices, Angela Gulick
Punctuation
This handout provides examples showing appropriate use of comma splices.
Colons, Angela Gulick
Colons, Angela Gulick
Punctuation
This handout provides examples showing appropriate use of colons.
Quotation Marks, Angela Gulick
Quotation Marks, Angela Gulick
Punctuation
This handout provides examples showing appropriate use of quotation marks.
Run-On Sentences, Angela Gulick
Run-On Sentences, Angela Gulick
Punctuation
This handout provides an overview and examples of run-on sentences suggesting ways to fix them.
Commas, Angela Gulick
Commas, Angela Gulick
Punctuation
This handout provides examples showing appropriate use of commas.
Punctuation Overview, Lori Williams, Sally Wallace
Punctuation Overview, Lori Williams, Sally Wallace
Punctuation
This handout provides a brief overview of when to use various punctuation marks, including: periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, semicolons, colons, hyphens, quotation marks, single quotation marks, apostrophes, ellipses, dashes, and brackets.
Apa Formatting For A Student Paper, Angela Gulick
Apa Formatting For A Student Paper, Angela Gulick
APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation
A handout about how to format a student paper according to the American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.
Apa Sample References Page, Angela Gulick
Apa Sample References Page, Angela Gulick
APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation
This handout has general reminders about the APA System of Documentation.
Apa Formatting For A Professional Manuscript, Angela Gulick
Apa Formatting For A Professional Manuscript, Angela Gulick
APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation
A handout about formatting a professional manuscript according to the American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.
Apa References For Audiovisual Sources, Angela Gulick
Apa References For Audiovisual Sources, Angela Gulick
APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation
This handout provides guidelines for in-text citations for audiovisual sources (films, television, YouTube, webinars, etc.) for papers requiring American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.
Apa References For Journals, Magazines, And Newspapers (Print And Electronic), Angela Gulick
Apa References For Journals, Magazines, And Newspapers (Print And Electronic), Angela Gulick
APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation
This handout explains DOI Numbers and URL Addresses.
Apa In-Text Citations For Personal Communications, Angela Gulick
Apa In-Text Citations For Personal Communications, Angela Gulick
APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation
This handout provides guidelines for in-text citations for Personal Communications (Interviews, E-mails, Texts, Lectures, etc.) for papers requiring American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition.
Apa References For Website Articles And Social Media Posts, Angela Gulick
Apa References For Website Articles And Social Media Posts, Angela Gulick
APA (American Psychological Association) Documentation
This handout has general reminders with examples about creating references for website articles and social media posts including how to note dates and authors.