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Download full textHutchins, Teresa D. – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
This paper describes the transition that the Anisfield School of Business of Ramapo College of New Jersey made from a conventional Writing Across the Curriculum approach to a Writing Across the Business Core approach. The impetus for the change is explained as well as the creation and design of the program. The document driven program is analyzed,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Writing Across the Curriculum, Content Area Writing, Curriculum
Direct linkGood, Jennifer; Shumack, Kellie – Journal of Faculty Development, 2013
Innovations in faculty development, particularly those that make the most of available technologies, are essential. "Learning is a social activity and we are social beings; and everything is connected" (Trammel & Bruce, 2008). Finding methods for creating these faculty connections is a challenge--one that can be met by technology.…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Online Courses
Goetz, Donna – 1990
An ongoing study evaluated the effectiveness of a writing across the curriculum (WAC) program at a small liberal arts college. Fifty-five out of 99 full-time faculty responded to a survey seeking to compare WAC faculty who had voluntarily participated in at least a 3-day workshop to faculty not involved in the WAC program. Pre- and post-workshop…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Evaluation
Ulisse, Peter – 1988
Designed to provide information to administrators at Housatonic Community College, Connecticut (HCC) on the status of writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programs, this report presents an overview of WAC, strategies for its implementation, and examples of WAC programs currently in existence. Introductory sections present a brief history of and a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedGreene, Brenda M.; And Others – Community Review, 1991
Offers a rationale for collegewide writing across the curriculum (WAC) approaches. Assesses the effectiveness of a WAC project at Medgar Evers College involving two courses (computer science and chemistry). Reports improvement in students' ability to summarize an article's content and writing fluency. Includes writing assignment instructions and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Chemistry, Community Colleges, Computer Science
Syrja, Rachel Carrillo – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This book provides practical strategies and tools for assessing and teaching even the most hard to reach English language learners across the content areas. Syrja offers educators the latest information on working with ELLs (including using formative assessments) and provides a wealth of classroom-tested models and measures. These tools have…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Success
Messina, Susan; White, Diane – 1992
In fall 1991, Solano Community College (California) undertook a study comparing the writing skills of students in an integrated course combining history and freshman English composition with students in unpaired history and English classes. Students were divided into three groups: the integrated class and two control groups, one taking history…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Freshman Composition, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedSmithson, Isaiah; Sorrentino, Paul – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Examines the long-term effects of the 1980 Virginia Tech Faculty Writing Workshop, a writing across the curriculum workshop that trained teachers from a variety of disciplines to use writing as a means of teaching their disciplines. Shows writing across the curriculum programs work, but that teaching through writing does require increased time and…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Workload, Higher Education
Yarnall, Louise; Carriere, Sara; Stanford, Tina; Manning, Carmen; Melton, Bob – Educational Technology, 2007
This article presents findings from research in a school district using handhelds to support writing across the curriculum. The authors report that handheld devices can be useful to foster classroom note-taking activities, assist students who have handwriting difficulties, and provide inspiration to teachers who want to create collaborative and…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Instruction, Computers, Telecommunications
Beadle, Mary E. – 1989
The problems and accomplishments of a program to evaluate the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at Walsh College in Canton (Ohio) are described. The college-wide writing program began in 1987 with training workshops for faculty. Stage 1 of the program ended in 1988 with a summative evaluation and the development of a handbook to be used…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Evaluation Problems, Formative Evaluation
Stanley, Linda C., Ed.; Ambron, Joanna, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1991
Designed to assist program planners and administrators at community colleges in initiating a Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program or determining the future direction of one already in existence, this sourcebook provides 15 articles on various aspects of WAC theory and practice. The following articles are included: (1) "History of WAC and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
Melles, Gavin – Across the Disciplines, 2005
The literature review is an academic genre that has a natural place in theses, dissertations, and other genres such as the lab report. The typical final (fourth) year project in the engineering curriculum is an example where such an extensive review can take place (Krishnan & Kathpalia 2002). Second language students may have special…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Faculty
