Journal of College Reading and Learning articles from September 2002

Journal of College Reading and Learning archives from September 2002

Research report: better writers: writing center tutoring and the revision of rough drafts.
September 22, 2002... Do undergraduate students who attend one-on-one writing conferences on rough drafts improve as writers? To answer this, Faigley and Witte's (1981) taxonomy of revision changes was used to compare intermediate and final drafts, and Reigstad's...

Brief report: self-efficacy of developmental college students.
September 22, 2002... Self-efficacy refers to personal beliefs about one's capabilities to learn or perform skills at designated levels (Bandura, 1986). It involves judgments of one's capability to organize and execute courses of action required to attain designated...

The relationship between self-efficacy and the functions of writing.
September 22, 2002... The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between expectations of success or failure in community college students and the functions of writing. Two questions were addressed. First, do high, medium, and low self-efficacy writers...

Transition from secondary to postsecondary education for students with disabilities: an exploration of the phenomenon.
September 22, 2002... Many postsecondary educators, scholars, disability practitioners, and administrators make a common assumption that most first-time freshmen experience difficulty making the transition from high school to postsecondary education. It is also...

Brief report: new roles for tutors in an online classroom.
September 22, 2002... This article discusses the use of online teaching assistants or "course wizards," employed at Mercy College not only to tutor students who are experiencing difficulty but also to facilitate discussion and to model the role of a successful...

Peer review as a motivating device in the training of writing skills for college students.
September 22, 2002... This article introduces an innovative method of training in writing skills in content areas for college students. The method involves the use of a peer-review panel to encourage students to write in-class essays in academic and professional...

Reflections on multiculturalism in developmental education.
September 22, 2002... Unprecedented challenges have accompanied increasing demographic diversity and calls for educational accountability. Meeting these challenges requires bringing new conceptual tools to bear on specific dilemmas in local contexts. But one of the...

When should fonnicks be tot to kollage stewdents.
September 22, 2002... A case study of a developmental college freshman shows a dramatic change in spelling over the course of several weeks after completing self-instruction materials on phonics. The inaccurate spelling patterns of common words undermined the...

Case study response: phonics goes to university.
September 22, 2002... In her groundbreaking 1977 work, Errors and Expectations, Mina Shaughnessy wrote: The ability to spell is viewed by many as one of the marks of an educated person, and the failure of a college graduate to meet that minimal standard...

Case study response: a look beyond phonics.
September 22, 2002... In this interesting case study, "dramatic change" in the frequency of a first-year student's spelling errors is attributed to completion of a self-instruction unit on phonics. The nature of Susan's spelling errors is quite varied, and in the...