Students' Attitudes Toward And Valuation of First-Year Composition (FYC) as Predictors of Students' English 101 Success
- ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Whitney Larrimore Strickland (Creator)
- Institution
- East Carolina University (ECU )
- Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/
Abstract: 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.
Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2023
- Subjects
- Higher education;Pedagogy;Adult education;Attitudes;Composition;Predictors;Students;Success;Valuation
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