Not a Stitch out of Place: Assessing Students’ Attitudes Towards Multimodal Composition

This article traces a brief history of multimodal composition practices in the field of writing studies. It frames writing instruction through the theoretical lens of democratic pedagogy and presents the works of key composition scholars. The author then describes a mixed methods research study, co...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jeanne Law Bohannon
Formato: article
Lenguaje:CA
EN
ES
FR
Publicado: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2015
Materias:
P
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/323eda33ecc5428bab632e6225b9c4c0
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:323eda33ecc5428bab632e6225b9c4c0
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:323eda33ecc5428bab632e6225b9c4c02021-11-25T13:21:55ZNot a Stitch out of Place: Assessing Students’ Attitudes Towards Multimodal Composition10.5565/rev/jtl3.6312013-6196https://doaj.org/article/323eda33ecc5428bab632e6225b9c4c02015-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/jtl3/article/view/631https://doaj.org/toc/2013-6196 This article traces a brief history of multimodal composition practices in the field of writing studies. It frames writing instruction through the theoretical lens of democratic pedagogy and presents the works of key composition scholars. The author then describes a mixed methods research study, conducted with first-year students on the STEM campus of a state comprehensive university. Students participated in a survey that asked their attitudes towards multimodal writing assignments, digital literacies, and learning outcomes. The author draws conclusions about the effectiveness of multimodal composition based on students’ responses and provides supplemental information on the types of assignments and examples of student work. Jeanne Law BohannonUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlemultimodal compositionqualitative researchdigital writingcomposition historynew mediaSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Language and LiteraturePCAENESFRBellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, Vol 8, Iss 2 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language CA
EN
ES
FR
topic multimodal composition
qualitative research
digital writing
composition history
new media
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Language and Literature
P
spellingShingle multimodal composition
qualitative research
digital writing
composition history
new media
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Language and Literature
P
Jeanne Law Bohannon
Not a Stitch out of Place: Assessing Students’ Attitudes Towards Multimodal Composition
description This article traces a brief history of multimodal composition practices in the field of writing studies. It frames writing instruction through the theoretical lens of democratic pedagogy and presents the works of key composition scholars. The author then describes a mixed methods research study, conducted with first-year students on the STEM campus of a state comprehensive university. Students participated in a survey that asked their attitudes towards multimodal writing assignments, digital literacies, and learning outcomes. The author draws conclusions about the effectiveness of multimodal composition based on students’ responses and provides supplemental information on the types of assignments and examples of student work.
format article
author Jeanne Law Bohannon
author_facet Jeanne Law Bohannon
author_sort Jeanne Law Bohannon
title Not a Stitch out of Place: Assessing Students’ Attitudes Towards Multimodal Composition
title_short Not a Stitch out of Place: Assessing Students’ Attitudes Towards Multimodal Composition
title_full Not a Stitch out of Place: Assessing Students’ Attitudes Towards Multimodal Composition
title_fullStr Not a Stitch out of Place: Assessing Students’ Attitudes Towards Multimodal Composition
title_full_unstemmed Not a Stitch out of Place: Assessing Students’ Attitudes Towards Multimodal Composition
title_sort not a stitch out of place: assessing students’ attitudes towards multimodal composition
publisher Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
publishDate 2015
url https://doaj.org/article/323eda33ecc5428bab632e6225b9c4c0
work_keys_str_mv AT jeannelawbohannon notastitchoutofplaceassessingstudentsattitudestowardsmultimodalcomposition
_version_ 1718413428033323008