Team Enthymeme: Piloting Enthymematic Thesis Construction in First-Year Writing
Track
Research Proposal / Assessment of Student Learning
Abstract
Can writing instruction that emphasizes the enthymeme as the model for thesis statement construction improve learning outcomes and transferability of skills in first-year courses? The Team Enthymeme pilot program at Savannah State University answers this question by developing an approach to thinking and writing that connects three courses in the general education core: Freshman Year Composition, Critical Thinking and Communication, and First Year Experience. In our second year of implementation, the project shows improvement in student performance on argumentative writing assignments by deploying an interdisciplinary pedagogical approach for freshman students at an open access institution.
Session Format
Presentation Session
Recommended Citation
Yount, Lisa and Dominy, Jordan, "Team Enthymeme: Piloting Enthymematic Thesis Construction in First-Year Writing" (2017). SoTL Commons Conference. 59.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2017/59
Team Enthymeme: Piloting Enthymematic Thesis Construction in First-Year Writing
Can writing instruction that emphasizes the enthymeme as the model for thesis statement construction improve learning outcomes and transferability of skills in first-year courses? The Team Enthymeme pilot program at Savannah State University answers this question by developing an approach to thinking and writing that connects three courses in the general education core: Freshman Year Composition, Critical Thinking and Communication, and First Year Experience. In our second year of implementation, the project shows improvement in student performance on argumentative writing assignments by deploying an interdisciplinary pedagogical approach for freshman students at an open access institution.
