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Szymanski, Erika Amethyst – Across the Disciplines, 2014
In this study, I present an analysis of instructor comments on assignments written for upper-division courses in the biological sciences as a window into current practices around teaching science writing to major students. My results demonstrate that, while the overwhelming majority of instructors respond primarily to lower order issues of grammar…
Descriptors: Spelling, Syntax, Feedback (Response), Biology
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Remley, Dirk – Across the Disciplines, 2009
Carter (2007) identifies four meta-genres associated with writing activities that can help students learn discipline-specific writing skills relative to standards within a given field: these include problem solving, empirical approaches to analysis, selection of sources to use within research, and production of materials that meet accepted…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Technical Writing, Writing Across the Curriculum, Content Area Writing