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Fowler, Michael – Across the Disciplines, 2015
Taking advantage of a university-wide initiative that requires all students during their course of study to take at least one of their writing intensive classes in their major, the author relates how he was spurred to formulate one of his graphic design studio classes to accommodate the writing-intensive requirement. He had been intuitively…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Studio Art, Design Crafts, Integrated Activities
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Bahls, Patrick; Mecklenburg-Faenger, Amy; Scott-Copses, Meg; Warnick, Chris – Across the Disciplines, 2011
This article offers an initial analysis of the rhetorical devices used by mathematics undergraduates as they begin to write research articles in their discipline. The authors (a mathematician and three experts in composition and rhetoric) identify several such devices, including transitions and metacommentary, style and tone, use of sources, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Undergraduate Students, Writing for Publication, Content Area Writing
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Freedman, Leora – Across the Disciplines, 2013
A reading-writing initiative began in 2011-12 at the University of Toronto as a partnership between an East Asian Studies (EAS) department and an English Language Learning (ELL) Program. In this institution, students are expected to enter into scholarly discussions in their first year essays, yet many (both native English speakers and non-native…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Foreign Countries, Asian Studies, English (Second Language)