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Download full textKelly, Kathleen A. – 1985
A review of the literature on writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs indicates that most such programs have four components. First, the programs require that students complete one of the following before graduation: (1) a timed writing test, (2) a departmental endorsement system, (3) a quota of regular content courses designated…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Faculty Development, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTopping, K. J. – Higher Education, 1996
Different forms of peer tutoring within college and universities are described and compared for effectiveness, including cross-year and same-year small-group, individualized, supplemental, diadic, reciprocal, fixed-role, writing process, and distance tutoring. Three methods are found to be widely used, demonstrated effective, and meriting expanded…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Cross Age Teaching
