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The Development of Writerly Self-Efficacies: Mixed-Method Case Studies of College Writers Across the Disciplines

Schoettler, Megan Patricia
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami150125815878849

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2017, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
This thesis investigates the development and influences of the writerly self-efficacies of three college students transitioning between first-year composition requirements and disciplinary coursework. Mixed-methods— including interviews, quantitative surveys of writerly self-efficacy, and portfolio analysis—provide insights into how students understand their abilities as writers. Students expressed both generative and disruptive self-efficacy expectations toward writing and learning. These self-perceptions were informed by mastery experiences, social persuasion, vicarious experiences, and affective states surrounding writing. For some students, first-year composition was a meaningful transition for positive efficacy expectations. The study results support the importance of recognizing students’ strengths, conferencing pedagogies, sponsoring co-curricular writing experiences, discouraging normative comparisons, and teaching for genre awareness. Interviews and the quantitative self-efficacy measures revealed at times contradictory data, confirming the importance of triangulation in studying writerly self-efficacies. Implications for classroom instructors are also discussed, including strategies for teaching to support generative self-efficacies toward writing performances and learning writing.
Jason Palmeri (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Wardle (Committee Member)
Heidi McKee (Committee Member)
60 p.
Composition; Rhetoric; Teaching
Self-Efficacy; Writing; Composition; College Writing; Dispositions; Pedagogy; Teaching Writing; Writing Across the Disciplines; Composition and Rhetoric

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  • Schoettler, M. P. (2017). The Development of Writerly Self-Efficacies: Mixed-Method Case Studies of College Writers Across the Disciplines [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami150125815878849

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schoettler, Megan . The Development of Writerly Self-Efficacies: Mixed-Method Case Studies of College Writers Across the Disciplines. 2017. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami150125815878849.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schoettler, Megan . "The Development of Writerly Self-Efficacies: Mixed-Method Case Studies of College Writers Across the Disciplines." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami150125815878849

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