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Retention, persistence, and writing programs /
"Perspectives on how first-year writing can support or hinder students' transitions to college from scholars working in a variety of institutional and geographic contexts and a range of student populations. Contributors present individual and program case studies, surveys of thousands of s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : retention, persistence, and writing : expanding the conversation / Todd Ruecker, Dawn Shepherd, Heidi Estrem, and Beth-Brunk Chavez
- Retention Panopticon : what WPAS should bring to the table in discussions of student success / Rita Malenczyk
- Building collaborative partnerships to support institutional-level retention initiatives in writing programs / Ashley J. Holmes and Cristine Busser
- Big data and writing program retention assessment : what we need to know / Marc Scott
- The imperative of pedagogical and professional development to support the retention of underprepared students at open-access institutions / Joanne Giordano, Holly Hassel, Jennifer Heinert, and Cassandra Phillips
- How student performance in first-year composition predicts retention and overall student success / Nathan Garrett, Matthew Bridgewater, and Bruce Feinstein
- "Life gets in the way" : the case of a seventh-year senior / Sara Webb-Sunderhaus
- Absolute hospitality in the writing program / Pegeen Reichert Powell
- Retention, critical pedagogy, and students as agents : eschewing the deficit model / Beth Buyserie, Anna Plemons, and Patricia Freitag Ericsson
- Reconfiguring the writing studio model : examining the impact of the PlusOne Program on student performance and retention / Polina Chemishanova and Robin Snead
- Retention rates of second language writers and basic writers : a comparison within the Stretch Program model / Sarah Elizabeth Snyder
- The kairotic classroom : retention discourse and supplemental instruction in the first year / Sarah E. Harris
- Enhancing alliances and joining initiatives to help students : the story of how we created developmental learning communities at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi / Susan Wolff Murphy and Mark Hartlaub
- Undergraduate mentors as agents of engagement : peer advocates in first-year writing courses / Michael Day, Tawanda Gipson, and Chris Parker
- Afterword / Linda Adler-Kassner.