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Lindsey Harding; Robby Nadler; Paula Rawlins; Elizabeth Day; Kristen Miller; Kimberly Martin – College Composition and Communication, 2020
Interdisciplinary collaborations to help students compose for discipline-specific contexts draw on multiple expertise. Science, technology, education, and mathematics (STEM) programs particularly rely on their writing colleagues because (1) their academic expertise is often not writing and (2) teaching writing often necessitates a redesigning of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Content Area Writing, Science Education, Writing Instruction
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Blekic, Mirela; Knepler, Annie – Journal of General Education, 2018
The authors examine the possibilities and challenges of integrating writing instruction into an interdisciplinary general education curriculum. The authors analyze the results of a 2017--18 academic research project that explored how students perceive themselves as writers, and how both students and faculty perceive the role of written…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Attitudes, College Students
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Graham, Abbey C. K.; Kerkhoff, Shea N.; Spires, Hiller A. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2017
The present study examined middle school teachers' perceptions of literacy demands in their disciplines and specific literacy strategies they used to teach their disciplines. The eight participants in this multiple case study included 2 middle school teachers from each of 4 disciplines (i.e., English/language arts, science, social studies, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Case Studies
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Marbach-Ad, Gili; Rietschel, Carly; Thompson, Katerina V. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
We present a novel assessment tool for measuring biology students' values and experiences across their undergraduate degree program. Our Survey of Teaching Beliefs and Practices for Undergraduates (STEP-U) assesses the extent to which students value skills needed for the workplace (e.g., ability to work in groups) and their experiences with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Student Surveys, Test Validity
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Leopold, Lisa – CATESOL Journal, 2011
This case study of an adjunct-model English for Academic Purposes (EAP) writing course linked to a policy-analysis course describes an effective approach for putting "specificity" into practice in EAP curriculum design. The rationale for interdisciplinary collaboration, the positive learning outcomes from the EAP writing course, the…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Writing Instruction, Content Area Writing, Literary Genres
Mirel, Barbara – 1995
The School for New Learning (SNL) was established in 1972 at DePaul University especially for adult students. SNL students are adults, age 24 or older, who want to accelerate their progress to a degree by using experience as well as classwork for academic credit, and who want to design their own programs with help from an advisory committee of…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Swinson, Kevan – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1992
Analyzed survey responses of 226 mathematics teachers from 57 Australian high schools concerning the use of writing in mathematics classrooms. Findings suggested that writing is rarely used as a strategy for teaching mathematics and when it is used, its effectiveness is limited. Includes the Writing in Mathematics questionnaire. (44 references)…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries