Date of Award
2-22-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Rhetoric and Writing
First Advisor
Sherry Rankins-Robertson
Abstract
Students are entering the first-year composition (FYC) classroom underexposed to multiple genres, multiple potential audiences, and a variety of modalities. Based on survey responses from faculty members across the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), this thesis project seeks to examine effective ways of teaching composition at the UALR to prepare students for upper-level coursework and for their future workplaces. Survey findings indicate that faculty members across the university ask students to respond to writing assignments in a variety of writing genres, address multiple audiences and purposes, and bring certain skill sets into their classrooms. As a result, this thesis recommends a curriculum for composition teachers at UALR that responds to the survey results, incorporates the national learning outcomes of the discipline, and addresses pedagogical considerations.
Recommended Citation
Lytle, Howard Bryant, "Composing Across Genres: A Study of Writing Expectations at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 667.
https://research.ualr.edu/etd/667
