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Bartholomae, David; Matway, Beth – Across the Disciplines, 2010
This essay presents results from a comprehensive study of writing in the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh. It is in two sections. The first section reports on interviews with faculty from across the disciplines in the School of Arts and Sciences; the second reports finding from student focus groups and from an extensive…
Descriptors: Interviews, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Focus Groups
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Arzt, Judy; Barnett, Kristine E.; Scoppetta, Jessyka – Across the Disciplines, 2009
This article emphasizes the need for writing centers to give continued attention to online tutoring to achieve writing across curriculum (WAC) goals. The article offers a literature review covering the history and state of online tutoring and its relation to the WAC movement and writing fellows programs. We at Saint Joseph College have found that…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Tutoring, Web Based Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Severino, Carol; Trachsel, Mary – Across the Disciplines, 2008
How much do specialized academic discourse communities matter to undergraduate writers? To what degree should theories of specialized discourses influence the design of undergraduate Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) programs? At the University of Iowa, where an undergraduate Writing Fellows program engages peer tutors in writing-intensive…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Communities of Practice, Undergraduate Students, Fellowships
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Robinson, C. A.; Schafer, J. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 1993
Describes a problem-solving teaching method used in the Introductory Soils course at Iowa State University whereby students are assigned to groups and asked to serve as an advisor to a landowner. Using a computerized database for most data acquisition, students recommend farm usage and urban/alternate development plans. Includes the program…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agronomy, Biological Sciences, Computer Assisted Instruction