scholarly journals Offering a First-year Composition Classroom for Veterans and Cadets: A Learning-Community Model Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara Hembrough
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Composition Classroom ◽  
First Year ◽  
Model Case ◽  
First Year Composition ◽  
Community Model

scholarly journals Cinematic Reproduction as Multimodal Composition in First-Year Composition

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
First Year ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Multimodal Composition ◽  
First Year Composition ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Analytical Writing

This case study introduces an assignment from a large midwestern university FYC program, which emphasizes analytical writing by introducing students to a series of increasingly layered texts, including film. This has many advantages: teaching multi-perspective, evidence-based visual and textual analysis. For students to see textual constructedness the author required they remake film scenes using their cellphones, employing and then articulating their use of generic conventions. This article details the original assignment and tracks its evolution due to students’ innovations. One group’s project, a scene from The Shining, highlights multimodal recreation’s capacity to help students re-envision and more fully analyze cinematic elements, adding depth and specificity to students’ analytical writing.

scholarly journals A Case of a Partnership Academy Small Learning Community Model on Student Outcomes

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Sheila Folan ◽  
Cary J. Trexler
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Small Learning Community ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
School Class ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Community Model ◽  
High School Class

Many students are experiencing disconnect from their large, seemingly impersonal high schools. This case study research explored a post-high school class cohort's perceptions of an academy environment. The study examined the nature of its connection to academic, behavioral and post-secondary effects by utilizing a treatment group of academy students and a comparison group of non-academy students. The study found that students within academies experienced a greater sense of high school community than non-academy students. Differences were also found in post-secondary endeavors including greater participation by academy students in college, the workforce and career/technical areas.

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