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  title info:
    title: Developing writers in higher education
  name:
    name part: Gere, Anne Ruggles
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)
    role:
      role term: publisher.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: miu
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: For undergraduates following any course of study, it is essential to develop the ability to write effectively. Yet the processes by which students become more capable and ready to meet the challenges of writing for employers, the wider public, and their own purposes remain largely invisible. Developing Writers in Higher Education shows how learning to write for various purposes in multiple disciplines leads college students to new levels of competence. This volume draws on an in-depth study of the writing and experiences of 169 University of Michigan undergraduates, using statistical analysis of 322 surveys, qualitative analysis of 131 interviews, use of corpus linguistics on 94 electronic portfolios and 2,406 pieces of student writing, and case studies of individual students to trace the multiple paths taken by student writers. Topics include student writers' interaction with feedback; perceptions of genre; the role of disciplinary writing; generality and certainty in student writing; students' concepts of voice and style; students' understanding of multimodal and digital writing; high school's influence on college writers; and writing development after college. The digital edition offers samples of student writing, electronic portfolios produced by student writers, transcripts of interviews with students, and explanations of some of the analysis conducted by the contributors. This is an important book for researchers and graduate students in multiple fields. Those in writing studies get an overview of other longitudinal studies as well as key questions currently circulating. For linguists, it demonstrates how corpus linguistics can inform writing studies. Scholars in higher education will gain a new perspective on college student development. The book also adds to current understandings of sociocultural theories of literacy and offers prospective teachers insights into how students learn to write.
  abstract: Finally, for high school teachers, this volume will answer questions about college writing.
  note: Anne Ruggles Gere.
  note: Sponsored by the Humanities Collaboratory at Michigan.
  subject:
    topic: English language
    topic: Rhetoric
    topic: Study and teaching (Higher)
  subject:
    topic: Report writing
    topic: Study and teaching (Higher)
  subject:
    topic: Academic writing
    topic: Study and teaching (Higher)
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Developing writers in higher education
    name:
      name part: Gere, Anne Ruggles
    physical description:
      extent: 1 online resource (appendix with more information about the research, surveys, and program)
  identifier: 9780472124817
  identifier: 9780472901036
  identifier: 9780472131242
  identifier: 9780472037384
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10079890
  record info:
    record content source: MiU
    record creation date: 180912
    record change date: 20221129013932.3
    record identifier: in00004604675
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng