Session Details

Saturday, 08 January

494. The Role of “Fun” in Composition: Motivation, Affect, Engagement

10:15–11:30 a.m., Diamond Salon 1, J. W. Marriott

Program arranged by the Division on the Teaching of Writing

Presiding: Donna Strickland, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia

1. “All Hands On: Attention Economy in the Classroom,” David Moody, Florida State Univ.

2. “Can the Fundamentals Be ‘Fun’? Assignment Design in the Developmental Composition Classroom,” Wendy Galgan, Saint Francis Coll., NY

3. “Alienation, Inquiry, Joy: On Having Fun in Composition,” James E. Seitz, Univ. of Pittsburgh

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