Choose Your Own Adventure: Agency and Self-efficacy as Foundations for Learning Academic Writing

Abstract

This workshop begins with a demonstration of how a choice system in scaffolding assignments encourages students to develop self-efficacy. I demonstrate how building community/using groups in this process adds to the students’ experiences and increases peer learning. Attendees will be able to see how using an LMS (Canvas in this case) simplifies the process and allows students a way to see their own development over time. These steps encourage students to feel empowered by the process, leaving them able to consider their future development as a positive possibility. This process could be adapted to work for younger learners but is currently used with first-year college students.

Presenters

Whitney Wilson
Director of Intro to Academic Writing, English/Humanities, Emmanuel College, Massachusetts, United States

Details

Presentation Type

Workshop Presentation

Theme

Literacies Learning

KEYWORDS

Academic Writing, Composition; Self-efficacy, Confidence, College Transition, Information Literacy, Writing