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Mallonee, Barbara C.; Breihan, John R. – College Composition and Communication, 1985
Identifies four areas concerning writing across the curriculum programs in which consensus across the campus should be sought: dealing with errors, common terminology, a process or routine for response, and enthusiasm for the effort. Includes response checklists. (HTH)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Educational Cooperation, Higher Education, Program Development
Sides, Charles H. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1986
Describes the development and operation of the MIT Technical Writing Cooperative, a means of writing across the curriculum that has been used for more than 25 years. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Educational Cooperation, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Content
Sipple, Jo-Ann M. – 1986
The anchor of successful writing-across-the-curriculum programs is an organized nucleus of features called the four Ps: planning, proposing, preparing, and prototyping. Planning requires organization and connections among the mechanisms of designing and implementing both program activities and evaluation designs. It should begin at least two years…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Coordination, Curriculum Development, Financial Support
Bertch, Julie – 1985
Three premises are basic to Writing Across the Curriculum: (1) when learning involves writing, more learning is achieved; (2) learning to write involves learning to manage and coordinate the component skills of writing within real writing tasks; and (3) through writing, students can learn how to actively touch the content of a class. The role of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Development
Clark, Wilma – 1984
One of a series dealing with current issues affecting language arts instruction, this paper focuses on writing across the curriculum. The paper begins by observing that schools and colleges across the country are developing school-wide writing programs, the purposes of which are to improve writing, to enhance learning of content, and to develop…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Educational Trends, Guidelines
Berger, Jeffrey – 1985
The first goal of a writing-across-the-curriculum program is to convince content area teachers that the movement can aid them in fulfilling their goals. Rather than trying to inspire individual faculty members, the writing-across-the-curriculum program at the Community College of Philadelphia restructures the classroom teaching situation. The…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Educational Cooperation, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Winterowd, W. Ross – 1986
Arguing that practice without theory is destructive, this books deals with the theory, philosophy, and application of a variety of subjects within the area of composition. The nine chapters of the first section of the book constitute a state-of-the-art essay and discuss such topics as J. Emig's 1971 study of the composing process and the more…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Content Area Writing, Educational Philosophy