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Kao, Vivian; Hedges, Nicole; Huggins, Samuel; Balint, Bethany; Kocherovsky, Mark; Seger, Katelyn; Dabaja, Amar – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Using a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) model of education, an English composition instructor designed an honors section of first-year composition to evaluate current best practices in the field of teaching writing to STEM undergraduates. The students, all first-year engineering majors, conducted guided research on best…
Descriptors: Student Research, Best Practices, College Freshmen, Undergraduate Study
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Willard-Traub, Margaret K. – Composition Forum, 2017
The University of Michigan-Dearborn Writing Program and Writing Center serve an increasingly large number of recent immigrants, international students, and students who as children immigrated to the United States. The Writing Program and Writing Center have for a decade developed curriculum and support services geared specifically toward meeting…
Descriptors: Inquiry Based Learning, Freshman Composition, Student Diversity, Culturally Relevant Education
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Perryman-Clark, Staci – Composition Studies, 2009
According to the Michigan State University (MSU) course catalog, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRA) 125--Writing: The Ethnic and Racial Experience is a themed-based Tier I (first-year) writing course that focuses on "drafting, revising, and editing compositions derived from readings on the experience of American ethnic and racial…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Freshman Composition, Rhetoric, Course Content
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Irvin, L. Lennie – Composition Forum, 2009
This writing program profile examines the work of Dr. Linda Adler-Kassner and the ways in which she has redefined writing and the place of first-year writing at her university. The profile highlights Adler-Kassner's development of an "open systems" curriculum and her use of assessment for program visibility and continuous program…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Writing Instruction, Profiles