Students' Attitudes Toward And Valuation of First-Year Composition (FYC) as Predictors of Students' English 101 Success

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dc.contributor.advisorSharer, Wendy B.
dc.contributor.authorStrickland, Whitney Larrimore
dc.contributor.departmentTechnical and Professional Discourse
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-24T16:40:14Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T14:50:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.degreePh.D.
dc.format.extent208 p.
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academic
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4994
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectHigher education
dc.subjectPedagogy
dc.subjectAdult education
dc.subjectAttitudes
dc.subjectComposition
dc.subjectPredictors
dc.subjectStudents
dc.subjectSuccess
dc.subjectValuation
dc.subject.lcshRhetoric--Study and teaching
dc.subject.lcshCollege students--Attitudes
dc.subject.lcshAcademic achievement
dc.titleStudents' Attitudes Toward And Valuation of First-Year Composition (FYC) as Predictors of Students' English 101 Success
dc.typeDoctoral Dissertation

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