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Bargate, Karen – Africa Education Review, 2015
Many higher education students embark on a study of accounting under the misconception that accounting requires a high level of proficiency in manipulating data and being good with numbers, while believing that linguistic competence, especially as it relates to writing, is of less importance. This article reports on a study that examined 15…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Qualitative Research, Accounting, Student Experience
McDermott, Mark; Kuhn, Mason – Teaching Science, 2012
If students are to accurately model how scientists use written communication, they must be given opportunities to use creative means to describe science in the classroom. Scientists often integrate pictures, diagrams, charts, and other modes within text and students should also be encouraged to use multiple modes of communication. This article…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Content Area Writing, Writing Exercises, Writing Skills
Turner, Kristen H. – Educational Horizons, 2012
Today's adolescents write to communicate--via text messaging, instant messaging, and social networking posts. They are skilled at manipulating their out-of-school digital language to communicate with an intended audience and to capture individual voice. Because the writing is informal, teens have the ability to break rules, and they can do so…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Adolescents, Synchronous Communication, Influence of Technology
Hudd, Suzanne S.; Smart, Robert A.; Delohery, Andrew W. – Teaching Sociology, 2011
The use of informal writing is common in sociology. This article presents one model for integrating informal written work with learning goals through a theoretical framework known as concentric thinking. More commonly referred to as "the PTA model" because of the series of cognitive tasks it promotes--prioritization, translation, and analogy…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Sociology, Content Area Writing, Educational Objectives
Cilliers, Charmain B. – Computers & Education, 2012
Employers of computing graduates have high expectations of graduates in terms of soft skills, the most desirable of these being communication skills. Not only must the graduates exhibit writing skills, but they are expected to be highly proficient therein. The consequence of this expectation is not only performance pressure exerted on the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Attitudes, Programming, Writing Skills
Mayne, Lynne – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2012
To ensure a modern bioscience curriculum that responds to the current needs of stakeholders, there is a need to embed a range of generic capabilities that enables graduates to succeed in and contribute to a rapidly changing world, as well as building strong bioscience skills and knowledge. The curriculum must also prepare students for a rapidly…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Teamwork, Metacognition
Krueger, Ralph R. – 1983
This manual is intended for instructors who wish to help students improve their writing skills. Part 1 of the manual which is divided into three sections details reasons why students have problems with writing, and includes examples of some faulty constructions. The final section includes: (1) a summary of strategies for improving student writing;…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Geography, Higher Education, Writing Exercises

Stein, Harry – Social Education, 1988
Presents eight short writing activities that do not involve grading papers or using the entire class period. The activities are intended to help students summarize lessons, increase comprehension and memory, organize facts and ideas, identify examination topics, and practice general writing skills. (GEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Learning Activities, Secondary Education, Social Studies
Fallahi, Carolyn R.; Wood, Rebecca M.; Austad, Carol Shaw; Fallahi, Hamid – Teaching of Psychology, 2006
We examined the effects of in-class writing instruction, practice, peer review, and feedback on writing skills of undergraduates enrolled in a general psychology course. We rated writing for grammar, writing style, mechanics, and American Psychological Association referencing style. Significant differences emerged on the 4 writing skill domains (p…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Basic Writing, Writing Skills, Student Improvement
Simmons, JoAn McGuire, Ed. – 1983
Developed by instructors from the Los Angeles Community College District, this guidebook provides materials to aid community college instructors teaching in a variety of subject areas to integrate writing and student learning in their classrooms. Chapter 1 addresses a number of common concerns that instructors have about using writing in their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Essay Tests, Two Year Colleges
Bertch, Julie – 1985
The Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) movement has gone from valuable but less effective individual efforts to organized, district- and campus-supported projects based on goals for improved student learning in every area and every program. On the college level, WAC takes two forms: a more traditional, formally structured approach from faculty…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Two Year Colleges
Clark, Wilma – Writing Instructor, 1984
Describes a documented term paper assignment that allows students to investigate topics in other courses in which they are enrolled. Discusses the advantages of enlisting help from instructors in other areas and offers tips for involving the cooperating instructors in a mutually satisfying way. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Documentation, Higher Education, Research Skills

Shuman, R. Baird – English Journal, 1984
Explains the rationale for and offers suggestions on implementing content area writing. (MM)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Faculty Development, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods

Maraffa, Thomas – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1985
Ungraded writing is a way of increasing the amount of writing by geography students without unduly burdening the teacher. Two examples of ungraded writing assignments are described: in-class writing and periodic writing in a private journal. (RM)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Activities

Stocking, Holly – Journalism Educator, 1988
Indicates that, although it was not easy for students to apply what they had learned from writing personal narratives to other subjects and other types of stories, the personal narrative assignment turned out to be much more than a way to keep students writing between interview-based assignments. (JK)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Journalism Education, Personal Narratives