Advisor | Sharer, Wendy B. | |
Author | Strickland, Whitney Larrimore | |
Date Accessioned | 2015-08-24T16:40:14Z | |
Date Available | 2017-08-24T14:50:50Z | |
Date of Issue | 2015 | |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4994 | |
Description | This study investigates first-year composition students' attitudes toward and valuation of first-year composition (English 101) to learn which variable, attitudes or valuation, has a relationship with students' first-year composition success. The study uses a mixed methods approach involving a survey instrument and focus groups to elicit quantitative and qualitative data from student participants. Only first-year compositions students enrolled in English 101 at Methodist University, a four-year liberal arts institution located in Fayetteville, NC, participated in the study. Study findings suggest attitudes, not valuation, shares a relationship with students' FYC success. Further findings suggest self-efficacy and locus of control, writing apprehension (anxiety), instructors' personalities, and instructors' course delivery affect students' FYC success. | |
Extent | 208 p. | |
Format Medium | dissertations, academic | |
Publisher | East Carolina University | |
Subject | Higher education | |
Subject | Pedagogy | |
Subject | Adult education | |
Subject | Attitudes | |
Subject | Composition | |
Subject | Predictors | |
Subject | Students | |
Subject | Success | |
Subject | Valuation | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Rhetoric--Study and teaching | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | College students--Attitudes | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Academic achievement | |
Title | Students' Attitudes Toward And Valuation of First-Year Composition (FYC) as Predictors of Students' English 101 Success | |
Type | Doctoral Dissertation | |
Department | Technical and Professional Discourse | |
Degree | Ph.D. | |