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Self-Regulation and Rhetorical Problem Solving: How Graduate Students Adapt to an Unfamiliar Writing Project

dc.contributor.authorRoderick, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-12T17:48:58Z
dc.date.available2024-01-12T17:48:58Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractResearch on writing and transfer has shown that writers who have sophisticated rhetorical knowledge are well equipped to adapt to new situations, yet less attention has been paid to how a writer’s adaptability is influenced by their writing processes. Drawing on Zimmerman’s socio-cognitive theory of self regulation, this study compared the writing processes taken up by graduate student writers composing a research proposal for their final project in a tutor-training practicum. Findings from process logs, interviews, and drafts differentiated self-regulation strategies associated with varying degrees of success. The more successful writers framed problems in terms of potential solutions, used problems to set goals, and reacted to problems by creating a narrative of progress; in contrast, less successful writers avoided problems or framed them as dead-ends. Compared to the less successful writers, the more successful writers concluded the project with robust knowledge about research proposal writing. These findings suggest that self-regulation strategies may be linked to an ability to develop rhetorical knowledge and practices in the face of challenging writing situations.
dc.identifier.citationRoderick, Ryan. “Self-Regulation and Rhetorical Problem Solving: How Graduate Students Adapt to an Unfamiliar Writing Project.” Written Communication, vol. 36, no. 3, July 2019, pp. 410-36.
dc.identifier.issn0741-0883
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.1177/0741088319843511
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.husson.edu/handle/20.500.14298/96
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.titleSelf-Regulation and Rhetorical Problem Solving: How Graduate Students Adapt to an Unfamiliar Writing Project
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