Improving Student Writing in Interdisciplinary Honors Program Courses Using K. Anders Ericsson'S Model of Deliberate Practice
Abstract
This session will share the results of a mixed-methods research project on effective ways used to improve student writing modeled on Anderson's vision of deliberate practice for expert performance. The investigation was an interdisciplinary (biology, literature and theology) project aimed at implementing various strategies to assist student growth in writing. The researchers were able to compare the results of student excellence in writing in a series of essays completed in the 3 courses over the semester after implementing strategies to improve writing. Additionally, one instructor (biology) was also able to compare the results of student grades to a prior semester's work without the experimental design (to allow for a control group).
Location
Room 2905
Recommended Citation
Woodard, Randall; Crerand, Patrick; and Ellis, William, "Improving Student Writing in Interdisciplinary Honors Program Courses Using K. Anders Ericsson'S Model of Deliberate Practice " (2012). SoTL Commons Conference. 39.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2012/39
Improving Student Writing in Interdisciplinary Honors Program Courses Using K. Anders Ericsson'S Model of Deliberate Practice
Room 2905
This session will share the results of a mixed-methods research project on effective ways used to improve student writing modeled on Anderson's vision of deliberate practice for expert performance. The investigation was an interdisciplinary (biology, literature and theology) project aimed at implementing various strategies to assist student growth in writing. The researchers were able to compare the results of student excellence in writing in a series of essays completed in the 3 courses over the semester after implementing strategies to improve writing. Additionally, one instructor (biology) was also able to compare the results of student grades to a prior semester's work without the experimental design (to allow for a control group).
