This study investigates conceptions first-year cadets at a U.S. senior military college bring to general education writing courses, often termed first-year composition (FYC). Using a mixed methods research design, we surveyed over 700 cadets and conducted semi-structured in-person interviews with four first-year cadets. Our data suggest cadets stress orality, credibility, and clarity when writing for FYC. These conceptions are largely influenced by the cadet’s interest and immersion in the Army yet are also strongly influenced by their brief introduction to college-level writing within their required FYC class. We conclude by arguing for two specific avenues of future research into gleaning students’ conceptions of courses, specifically arg...
Each year, the University of Texas hosts several Fellows from the United States Army War College Fel...
The study described in this article was conducted to gather teachers’ and students’ perspectives abo...
Effective writing skills are important for success in college, work, and for society. Althou...
In recent years, an increasing number of military veterans have enrolled in higher education. Little...
This article discusses my university’s creation of first-year-composition courses designed with a le...
As composition instructors, we often describe ourselves as capacitating students for complex work en...
Guided by four research questions, this mixed methods study examined students’ perceptions of their ...
A mixed-methods scholarship of teaching and learning case study was conducted in two parts with mids...
Composition historians have long argued that writing programs were radically transformed in the post...
The purpose of this research was to explore whether there were aspects of the culture of the Corps o...
Composition research consistently demonstrates that the social context of writing determines the maj...
2012 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.Since the Post-9/11 GI Bill was signed into law in A...
The search for a common model of instruction in first-year composition began in the 1960s when compo...
Includes bibliographical references and index.Drilled to Write offers an account of U.S. Army cadets...
Some students are entering college and graduating with the inability to write scholarly and professi...
Each year, the University of Texas hosts several Fellows from the United States Army War College Fel...
The study described in this article was conducted to gather teachers’ and students’ perspectives abo...
Effective writing skills are important for success in college, work, and for society. Althou...
In recent years, an increasing number of military veterans have enrolled in higher education. Little...
This article discusses my university’s creation of first-year-composition courses designed with a le...
As composition instructors, we often describe ourselves as capacitating students for complex work en...
Guided by four research questions, this mixed methods study examined students’ perceptions of their ...
A mixed-methods scholarship of teaching and learning case study was conducted in two parts with mids...
Composition historians have long argued that writing programs were radically transformed in the post...
The purpose of this research was to explore whether there were aspects of the culture of the Corps o...
Composition research consistently demonstrates that the social context of writing determines the maj...
2012 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.Since the Post-9/11 GI Bill was signed into law in A...
The search for a common model of instruction in first-year composition began in the 1960s when compo...
Includes bibliographical references and index.Drilled to Write offers an account of U.S. Army cadets...
Some students are entering college and graduating with the inability to write scholarly and professi...
Each year, the University of Texas hosts several Fellows from the United States Army War College Fel...
The study described in this article was conducted to gather teachers’ and students’ perspectives abo...
Effective writing skills are important for success in college, work, and for society. Althou...
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