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Sub-Research Questions con’t What genres and/or strategies did students report being reminded of for the Preliminary/Diagnostic essay? What genres and/or strategies did students report using when writing the Preliminary/Diagnostic essay? What genres and/or strategies did students report being reminded of for the first Major paper? What genres and/or strategies did students report using when writing the first Major paper? UT Student Sample Surveys distributed to 10% of all English 101: Composition I courses Fall 2006 or 12 randomly selected sections of 101 N 276 Number of students responding to the survey: 52 Follow-up interviews with 9 students Most/Least Favorite Kinds of Writing UT Most: Creative writing 16 Personal writing/personal essays/personal letters 6 Freewriting 5 Journaling 5 Persuasive 4 Research 4 Least: Creative writing 16 Research papers 14 Analytical 6 Reports 6 UW Most: Creative writing 20 Personal writing 11 Freewriting 9 Literary analysis 8 Opinion paper 7 Emerging technology 6 Research papers 6 Personal letter 5 Argument paper 5 Least: Literary analysis 14 Creative writing 12 Five-paragraph essay 6 Essays 6 Compare/contrast 4 Research papers 4 What high school writing experiences if any do you think will help you to succeed in FYC? UT High school writing/Genres 16 High school writing courses 9 AP Courses 8 Writing frequency in the past 7 Influential writing teachers 5 Exposure to diff. kinds of writing 4 Not well-prepared 4 Writing center help 2 Over-prepared 1 Writing tips get point across, don’t use fancy diction, start early, develop ideas, be open-minded to feedback UW Experiences writing diff. genres 22 Skills, strategies, conventions 11 Experience in AP college prep 11 Whole experience of H.S. 6 Influence of teachers 5 Experience with writing process 2 Writing frequency in H.S. 2 Genres Reminded of and Drawn on for UW Preliminary Essa