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Richardson, Nicholas; Tooker, Patricia A.; Eshleman, Amy – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2014
Learning communities (LCs) offer high-impact practices of active learning and practical application, but such practices demand devoted class time and room for reflection. Core science courses that serve as prerequisites for more advanced courses have specific and fixed content that offers no space in which to incorporate the ideals of LCs. Wagner…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Science Education, College Science, Program Evaluation
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Holtz, Jill; McCurdy, Merilee; Roehling, Julia V. – Research in the Schools, 2015
Within a Response to Intervention (RtI) framework, Tier 1 instruction requires the selection of research-based core curricula. However, many educators and administrators are not aware of high-quality core writing curricula. The authors assembled a rubric to assist schools in evaluating core writing curricula for Grades 3-5. Rubric components…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Writing Across the Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
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Good, 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
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Anstendig, Linda; Richie, Eugene; Young, Shannon; Mosley, Pauline; Kirschstein, Bette – Across the Disciplines, 2004
This paper reports on the synergisms that developed as the authors' university-wide Writing Enhanced Course (WEC) Program was implemented with their university's new core curriculum. The authors evaluate the Pilot Program model of their WEC Program and suggest the directions they plan to take now that the Program is firmly established within the…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Core Curriculum, College Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Bertch, Julie – 1987
In summer 1987, the Maricopa Writing Project held two faculty workshops to encourage community college instructors' involvement in writing across the curriculum. Faculty from all seven campuses in the Maricopa Community College District and two educational centers, representing fields such as Accounting, Administration of Justice, Art, Economics,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
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Goddard, Perilou – Teaching of Psychology, 2003
In this article, I describe Writing in Psychology, a semester-length 3-credit elective course designed to improve students' writing skills, familiarize them with psychology's writing conventions, and teach them American Psychological Association (APA) style. Students produced a case report, a report of an empirical study, a conference abstract,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Psychology, Undergraduate Study, Elective Courses