Intellectual Creativity in First-Year Composition Classes: Building a Case for the Multigenre Research Project - Softcover

Burns, Heidi Wall; MacBride, Michael

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9781475824964: Intellectual Creativity in First-Year Composition Classes: Building a Case for the Multigenre Research Project
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ISBN 10: 1475824963 ISBN 13: 9781475824964
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

Today’s first year composition classrooms are largely reflective of the writing pedagogy that has been used for the last 200 years. Unfortunately, this methodology does not meet the research or writing needs of today’s college and university students. Burns and MacBride were determined to make their first year composition courses more relevant to their students and sought a way to revolutionize their syllabus to do so. Building on the work of Tom Romono, Nancy Mack, Camille Allen, Sirpa Grierson, Melinda Putz (and others), Burns and MacBride set out to determine if a multigenre research project could better teach their students research, writing, and critical thinking skills than a traditional research-based essay. The findings of their semester-long study indicated that not only does a MGRP teach these skills, but it far surpasses a traditional essay in teaching engagement, intellectual creativity, and transferable writing skills. Burns and MacBride demonstrate two different ways to integrate a multigenre research project into the college composition classroom.

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About the Author

Heidi Wall Burns has over 15 years of experience teaching introductory courses in first year composition, literature, and speech. She has an M.A. in English from Iowa State University.

Michael MacBride received his Ph.D. in English from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 2014, his M.A. in Literature from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and his B.S. in Creative Writing from Eastern Michigan University. He teaches English, Literature, and Humanities courses.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1475824963
ISBN 13 
9781475824964
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
156
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