Encouraging the “Risks of Caring”A Cognitive-Development Approach to Collaborative Learning in First-Year Composition

General Movement for Perry’s Scheme of Intellectual Development

A Compositionist’s Approach

Sample Prompt for Whole-Class Workshops

A student survey (with short answer spaces removed)

One response:

…I get more than one opinion… that will help me revise.

Maybe if more personal ideas were shared, so that I would be ok with my opinion being different and not worry about thinking how everyone else does.

The Next Steps:Research and Training in Collaborative Theories of Pedagogy

▪ I will explore potential intersections between cognitive behavioral therapy, emotions in group dynamics, and collaborative learning in writing classrooms.

▪ Theories of pedagogy courses for First-Year Composition should include introductions to cognitive-affective studies.

▪ We should increase opportunities for interdisciplinary projects among rhetoric/composition and educational neuroscientists.

Acknowledgments and Contact Information

▪ Many thanks to Dr. Ian Barnard and Dr. Irene Clark of the English Department at Cal State Northridge for respectively inspiring me and keeping me level-headed.

▪ Even more thanks to my students for participating in this research and, moreover, for participating in their education.

Angeline.Olliff@gmail.com

For a detailed list of works cited, other additional information, or to work together in the future, contact me:

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