scholarly journals Teaching academic writing to first year university students: A case study of feedback practicesat the former National University of Rwanda

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Innocent Twagilimana
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
First Year ◽  
National University ◽  
First Year University

scholarly journals EXPLORING THE BEST WAYS TO SUPPORT FIRST YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS

2014 ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Rossana Perez del Aguila
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year University

<p>Este artículo presenta los resultados de un proyecto de investigación - acción realizado en 2012 con estudiantes del primer año en la carrera de ‘Estudios de la Educación’ en una Universidad de Inglaterra. La finalidad del proyecto fue explorar las mejores formas de apoyar las habilidades de redacción académica de los estudiantes. La revisión de la literatura identifica los desafíos que los estudiantes enfrentan al tratar de aprender el discurso de la disciplina; y a la luz de este análisis una reflexión de las fortalezas y debilidades de mi propia práctica provee el contexto para llevar a cabo una proyecto de investigación - acción. Los métodos de recolección de datos que se usaron para evaluar la intervención de enseñanza fueron: cuestionarios, entrevista semiestructurada con estudiantes, análisis de contenido (retroalimentación) de los trabajos finales de los estudiantes. Los resultados de la investigación demuestran que las dificultades de redacción de los estudiantes están relacionadas con su esfuerzo por entender los conceptos especializados, teorías y métodos de la disciplina.</p>

scholarly journals Write Here, Right Now: An Interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Tucker ◽  
Paul Chafe
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
University Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Course Design ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year University

Write Here, Right Now: An interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research is a writing e-textbook for first year university students that effectively integrate into the flipped classroom model. The textbook can also be used for non-flipped classroom designs, as the embedded videos, diagrams and linked modules would act as an all-in-one multimedia textbook geared towards multiple learning styles and disciplines. The components of the textbook, including the embedded videos, can be swapped in and out in order to accommodate a professor’s best idea of his/her own course design.

scholarly journals Written argumentation practices in two Argentinian undergraduate courses: multidimensionality and epistemic potentials

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-86
Author(s):  
María Elena Molina ◽  
Constanza Padilla
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Literacies ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Epistemic Dimension ◽  
First Year University ◽  
University Classrooms

This paper states that the epistemic potentialities of writing and arguing are largely derived from the interweaving of four dimensions. Three of them are constitutive (the logical, rhetorical, and dialectical dimensions), and one is integrative (the epistemic dimension). Thus, we characterize how these four distinct dimensions operate in texts produced by first-year university students in two disciplines (Linguistics and Biology) and how those students reflect on their processes of writing and arguing. The results belong to qualitative research designed as a multiple case study, which focused on teaching practices that intertwine disciplinary contents, writing, and argumentation in Argentinian university classrooms. These results deepen the academic literacies’ lines of research regarding the role that argumentation plays in academic writing. We analyze texts produced by students and interviews with them to characterize the dimensions that such students deploy when writing and arguing to learn in their disciplines.

scholarly journals Designing and investigating a blended e-learning environment through a wiki: A case study on first year university students

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2B) ◽  
Author(s):  
Δημήτριος Ρούσσινος ◽  
Αθανάσιος Τζιμογιάννης
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
University Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
E Learning ◽  
First Year University

<p>Τα wikis θεωρούνται ως ισχυρά εργαλεία συνεργατικής μάθησης που υποστηρίζουν την ενεργό συμμετοχή των εκπαιδευόμενων και τη δημιουργία κοινοτήτων μάθησης. Στην εργασία αυτή παρουσιάζεται ο σχεδιασμός και η μελέτη μιας διδακτικής παρέμβασης σε 47 πρωτοετείς φοιτητές, στα πλαίσια ενός εισαγωγικού μαθήματος με αντικείμενο τις Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορίας και Επικοινωνιών (ΤΠΕ), η οποία βασίστηκε στο μοντέλο της μικτής ηλεκτρονικής μάθησης <em>(</em><em>blended</em><em> </em><em>learning</em><em>)</em>. Η έρευνα που παρουσιάζεται αναλύει τους τρόπους εργασίας και συνεργασίας των φοιτητών, καθώς και τα πρώτα αποτελέσματα διερεύνησης των απόψεών τους για την εργασία wiki που υλοποίησαν. Τα ευρήματα δείχουν ότι οι φοιτητές αξιολόγησαν θετικά τη λειτουργικότητα και την ευχρηστία του περιβάλλοντος wiki και θεώρησαν ότι υποστήριξε αποτελεσματικά τη συνεργασία μεταξύ τους και τη μάθηση.</p>

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