Students' and Teachers' Perceptions: An Inquiry into Academic Writing

Autor/inn/en	Wolsey, Thomas DeVere; Lapp, Diane; Fisher, Douglas
Titel	Students' and Teachers' Perceptions: An Inquiry into Academic Writing
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 55 (2012) 8, S.714-724 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-3004
DOI	10.1002/JAAL.00086
Schlagwörter	Writing Assignments; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Spelling; Punctuation; Vocabulary; Grade 10; Academic Discourse; Comparative Analysis; Content Area Writing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Schreibweise; Interpunktion; Wortschatz; Discourse; Diskurs; Schriftliche Übung
Abstract	Academic writing is a mainstay of expression in secondary schools. However, many students think of academic writing in terms of local operations that include spelling, punctuation, use of third person, and so on. Teachers may expect mastery of local operations, but often they want students to navigate the terrain of the content area or discipline by integrating sources, taking up academic vocabulary, synthesizing concepts, or creating new understanding. This article describes the expectations that students in one 10th-grade class hold about their academic writing tasks as compared with that of their teachers. Length of writing tasks, features of academic register in written work, and purpose in writing assignments are explored, and recommendations are provided based on the data. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10