Date Approved
3-27-2015
Embargo Period
3-26-2016
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ed.D. Educational Leadership
Department
Educational Leadership
College
College of Education
Advisor
Sudeck, Maria
Subject(s)
Community colleges--Faculty; Academic writing
Disciplines
Community College Education Administration
Abstract
The purpose of this multi-method qualitative study was to determine the nature and extent of any gaps that exist between the writing skills faculty members across disciplines at a community college expect their students to utilize in intermediate-level writing intensive courses, their perceptions of the students' general ability to demonstrate those skills, and the importance of the learning outcomes of the two semesters of FYC courses. The faculty members identified a majority of the FYC learning outcomes as having some level of importance to their courses across disciplines. In addition, the directions for the writing assignments used by these faculty members reveal that students are frequently being challenged to analyze, explain, identify, and evaluate. Connections between the required skills, professors' use of class time to teach/review writing, and their perceptions of the students' ability to demonstrate FYC learning outcomes are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Kraemer-Siracusa, Lynn, "Faculty expectations and perceptions of writing at a community college" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 371.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/371
