A Cognitive Apprenticeship to Promote Paraphrasing Skills Among Undergraduate Students

• In Event: D&D - Learning Strategies

Short Description

This session presents findings from a quasi-experimental study exploring the efficacy of a cognitive apprenticeship framework for instruction on the mnemonic RAP paraphrasing strategy. A total of 240 undergraduate students in a writing course participated during a 15-week semester. Over four sessions, students in the experimental group demonstrated improved paraphrasing skills and performed better on the university’s qualifying writing exam at the end of the semester as compared to students in the control group.

Authors

• Jill Stefaniak, Old Dominion University

• Michael Willits, Old Dominion University

• Jennifer Brown, Old Dominion University