Title
Project Title: Challenging What We Think We Know: Moving Beyond the Obstacles of Prior Knowledge
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
Prior knowledge in college writing, Foreign policy topics
Abstract
Research Question: In what ways does prior knowledge affect students’ writing?
Method & Data Studied: During the final weeks of the fall 2008 quarter a survey was made available to the students in the American Foreign Policy course on Blackboard Academic Suite. The survey contained seven open-ended questions that prompted students to reflect on the assignments and evaluate, in particular, the way in which they chose to engage biases in assigned materials and their own preconceived ideas about foreign policy topics when completing writing assignments.
Recommended Citation
Biswas, Bidisha; Jimenez, Rosa; and Pemble, Jessica, "Project Title: Challenging What We Think We Know: Moving Beyond the Obstacles of Prior Knowledge" (2009). Writing Research Fellows. 15.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wis_writingresearchfellows/15
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Prior learning; Academic writing; International relations--Study and teaching
Genre/Form
reports
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf