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Beemer, Mary; Grippando, Linda – Executive Educator, 1992
A practical guide to establish an early writing program begins in kindergarten with children dictating a story that a teacher or parent volunteer records on paper. In first grade, 30 minutes are set aside for writing. Additional ways are suggested to infuse writing activities into every subject in a child's schooling. (MLF)
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Prewriting, Primary Education, Writing Across the Curriculum

McLeod, Jack R. – Social Education, 1992
Presents sample writing assignments that enable students to practice social studies skills. Suggests that the use of creative writing assignments allows students to make a jump in time or place to the era and area being studied. Argues that using the imagination is a better approach to learning than memorizing facts. (DK)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Studies, Writing Across the Curriculum

Winchell, Dick; Elder, Dana – Journal of Geography, 1992
Discusses the concept of writing across the curriculum and how it is used in a university level geography class. Suggests that writing as a resource for learning benefits students by encouraging critical thinking, the organization of bodies of information, and increased memory. Includes specific reading and writing assignments. (DK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Harwayne, Shelley – American Educator, 2000
Describes how teachers can make writing an important part of everyday life within the school community by: conferring with students about purpose and audience; elevating genres particular to schools; designing community service assignments; expecting that artwork will be accompanied by text; weaving writing into student government; creating…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Relevance (Education), Teaching Methods
Goggin, Maureen Daly, Ed. – 2000
Heeding the call of noted rhetoric scholar Richard E. Young to engage in serious, scholarly investigations of the assumptions that underlie established practices and habits about writing, the contributors to this critical volume study a diverse array of disciplinary issues, situate their work in a wide matrix of theoretical perspectives, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Rhetorical Theory, Writing Across the Curriculum
Kepler, Lynne – Instructor, 1998
Describes how to use journal writing in elementary science classes. Writing lets children communicate observations and ideas while reinforcing understanding of key science concepts. Journal ideas include using notebooks to respond to teacher prompts or write about what students are studying; sharing a classroom science journal; and keeping a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Journal Writing, Science Instruction
Collins, John J. – 1992
Designed with real teachers and real conditions in mind, this booklet presents a model for a writing-across-the-curriculum/writing-to-learn program that can be used in all classrooms in all subject areas from grades 4 to 12. The model presented in the booklet defines five types of writing assignments and the outcomes expected for each--using…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Thinking Skills

Moynihan, Mary Minard – Teaching Sociology, 1989
Describes writing exercises that stimulate learning while not burdening the instructor. Discusses simulations in which students are asked to write a diary entry about the daily experiences of a 75-year-old, to formulate a marriage contract, and to write a letter to a friend describing the student's worst job experience. (KO)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Simulation
Lindaman, Arnold D.; Lewis, Melva – American School Board Journal, 1989
An Iowa school district's inservice program introduced nearly 150 teachers to the writing process to help the teachers be more effective as writers and as teachers of writing. Direct measures evaluate both the writing curriculum and students' improvement in writing: writing samples, each student's cumulative writing folder, and a formal…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Portfolios (Background Materials), Workshops

Sturgiss, James – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1994
Writing can be seen as a tool to be manipulated by students to access, construct, and evaluate knowledge. Many students will finish six years of high school science education quite ill-equipped for the literacy demands of college. This paper highlights a genre approach to language adopted by a literacy program. (20 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Literacy, Science Education, Science Instruction

Young, Terrell A.; Marek-Schroer, Marilyn F. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1992
Presents a rationale for writing in social studies and sample writing activities. Suggests that writing actively involves students in learning, providing another mode for encoding information, and improving writing skills. Includes strategies for writing in social studies. Argues that social studies is an especially rich content area for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, History Instruction, Social Studies, Student Journals
Sherman, Lawrence W. – 1990
The paper describes the use of writing as an instructional strategy to integrate several contemporary issues all of which focus on the teaching of human development theories. Issues include postmodern thought, higher level thinking process, conceptual conflict, and arousal, motivation, and integrating the writing process into the psychology…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes

Miller, Carol; And Others – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1988
Describes the design, implementation, evaluation and outcomes of using writing across the curriculum in a package of composition, history, and environmental science courses offered to 50 developmental writers attending the University of Minnesota's General College. Writing was taught as a learning strategy related to critical thinking and content…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Core Curriculum, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach

Takata, Susan R. – Teaching Sociology, 1994
Compares the use of multiple choice and essay tests for student evaluation and asserts that essay tests are superior but have disadvantages. Presents a rationale and suggestions for implementing the guided essay approach to student evaluation. Includes an appendix with a guided essay format accompanied by a sample essay. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Sociology
Anderson, Peggy – Momentum, 1993
Narrates the establishment of a writing across the curriculum program at Totino-Grace High School in Minneapolis in cooperation with the University of Minnesota. Highlights current advances in networking the system via modems and the benefits to both the high school students and university researchers. (BCY)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cooperative Programs