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Perceptions On Collaborative Writing: Exploring Student And Instructor Perceptions Of Collaborative Writing Practices In Professional Communication, Levi Ray Martin

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

This research study focuses on the perceptions of collaborative writing held by undergraduate students enrolled in professional writing course at The University of Texas at El Paso. Working with current scholarship surrounding effective collaborative writing practices as well as Achievement Goal Theory (AGT), the author observed two different courses of professional writing. Three types of data were collected: 1. survey responses from participants at the beginning-of and end-of the course; 2. interviews with participants at the end of the semester; and 3. classroom observations. The range of data collected provided similar and different perceptions held by the student participants. The …

Investigating A University Classroom Where The Participants Are Purposely Invited, Included, And Engaged Through Liberating Structures, Vanessa Sandoval

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to investigate how a classroom that employs Liberating Structures (LS) is perceived and experienced by class participants. Liberating Structures (LS) are simple protocols of how people interact while they work and learn together, allowing for inclusion and engagement of all participants at the same time. The research examined how the use of LS practices and processes in a classroom influences participants’ sense of inclusion and engagement, their sense of being part of a learning community, and their perceptions of the learning and relational outcomes that accrue. Various methods of data collection and analysis—participant observation …

New Black Boxes: Technologically Mediated Intercultural Rhetorical Encounters On The U.S.-Mexico Border, Beau Scott Pihlaja

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Activity theory (AT) and actor-network theory (ANT) as theoretical frameworks begin their analysis of the world with the concept of "actors" engaged in activity towards some objective and with other actors in the human and non-human world. In this project, I use AT and ANT to analyze the mediating effect of communication technologies in intercultural rhetorical contexts, in this case a binational small business, and address two questions: 1.) How do common communication technologies (email, phone, IM chat, texting applications) define and transform intercultural rhetorical encounters? And 2.) How do individuals rhetorically engage perceived cultural others using common communication technologies …

The Prospector, November 29, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Bringing the World to the Border

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Headline: Union Plaza Residents Fight to Save Neighborhood

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Headline: Women's Basketball Team Overlooked Despite Success

The Prospector, October 25, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Greek Life Reigns as Homecoming King and Queen

The Prospector, October 18, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: The Halloween Issue: Nothing to Clown Around About

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Headline: What's to Come of Coach Kugler?

The Prospector, October 4, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: "I Could Care Less If My Hair Makes You Uncomfortable": UTEP's Black Student Union Stands With Natural Hair Movement

The Minero Magazine, Volume Xxii, Fall 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Cover Story: Election on the Border

The Prospector, September 27, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Votería Debunks "My Vote Doesn't Matter"

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Headline: Applying for Your Future: Career Center Hosts Annual Career Expo

The Prospector, September 13, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

The Prospector, September 6, 2017, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Reaching for the Community: New African-American Studies Director Seeks to Expand Program

The Prospector, August 30, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Miners Ready to Bounce Back

The Prospector, August 23, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Taking a Stab at the Problem: UTEP Researcher and Students Examine the Zika Virus' Effects on the Borderland

The Prospector, July 19, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Entertainment or Menace? Pokéman Takes Over Campus

The Prospector, July 12, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: A Call for Change: UTEP's Black Student Union Holds Vigil for Police Brutality Victims

The Prospector, July 5, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Supreme Court Still on the Fence: Obama's Immigration Plan Causes Deadlock

The Prospector, June 21, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: DWI Will Cost You More Than A Mug Shot

The Prospector, June 14, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: We're in this Together: El Paso Shows Solidarity for Victims of Orlando Shooting

The Prospector, June 7, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: The Right to Choose: Equality Texas Announces Trans Visible Project

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Headline: Graduation Issue

The Prospector, April 26, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Art & Entertainment Issue

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The Prospector, April 19, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Earth Issue

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The Prospector, April 12, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: UTEP and ASARCO Collaborate for Exhibit

The Prospector, April 5, 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Headline: Be Assertive, Speak Up

The Minero Magazine, Volume Xxiii, Spring 2016, Utep Student Publications

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Cover Story: The Naked Truth: Untold Body-image Issues