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Prain, Vaughan; Hand, Brian – Educational Researcher, 2016
Over the past 20 years, claims about how and why student writing can serve learning have changed markedly. This has been partly due to new technologies displacing writing as a predominant resource for learning, prompting new sense-making practices and shifts in how these changes are theorized. Learners now routinely collaborate to generate,…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Epistemology
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Allan, Elizabeth G. – Across the Disciplines, 2013
Recent initiatives in WAC/WID and CxC/CAC programs have emphasized the need to support multimodal composing in writing studies and in other academic disciplines. This ethnographic case study examines the academic multimodal composing practices of undergraduate students in the visually-based discipline of architecture. The results of this study…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Architectural Education, Studio Art, Rhetoric
Troia, Gary A., Ed.; Shankland, Rebecca K., Ed.; Heintz, Anne, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
What are the most effective methods for teaching writing across grade levels and student populations? What kind of training do teachers need to put research-validated methods into practice? This unique volume combines the latest writing research with clear-cut recommendations for designing high-quality professional development efforts. Prominent…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Self Efficacy, Educational Change, Writing Teachers
Nordberg, Beverly – 1984
In the traditional classroom, written reports assigned to students are generally returned as poorly written, reworded collections of facts taken from single sources. Cross-curriculum writing is a way of circumventing this and encouraging learning and thought development by the student. Writing is usually considered a communication skill, but…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Sciences
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Stotsky, Sandra – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1984
Discusses the teaching of imaginative writing in the content area at the middle school level and indicates potential applications for such teaching at all levels. Contains extensive writing examples. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
Davis, David J. – 1984
A review of dozens of journal articles and books on the subject of writing across the curriculum reveals the following basic assumptions that seem to characterize most college writing across the curriculum programs: (1) writing is a complex and developmental process; (2) writing should be used to promote learning; (3) the teaching of writing is…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Theories
Duke, Charles R. – 1982
Four hundred faculty members in the six different colleges at Murray State University, Kentucky, were surveyed to determine students' attitudes toward writing, faculty members' perceptions of student writing ability, and faculty members' use of writing in their own disciplines. Tentative conclusions from survey findings suggest that faculty…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Cayton, Mary Kupiec – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1990
Describes a college instructor's observations of her students' writing blocks. Suggests that female students' writing blocks differ from males'. Asserts that females' blocks last longer and cause greater distress than do males' writing blocks. Notes that female students also appear to experience difficulty in utilizing secondary sources and…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Writing, Females
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Schwartz, Mimi – College English, 1984
Reports results of a poll of faculty rhetorical values, student rhetorical values, and student perceptions of faculty writing preferences. Concludes that faculty members in all disciplines need to communicate their desire for clear language by responding actively as readers to student texts. (MM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, College Faculty, Content Area Writing, Interdisciplinary Approach
Young, Art, Ed.; Fulwiler, Toby, Ed. – 1986
The impact of a writing-across-the-curriculum program on the professional life of a single university department and on the pedagogical life of an entire campus community is the focus of this book. The essays in the first section explain writing across the curriculum and provide a context for collective writing research. This section demonstrates…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Writing, Cooperation
Larsen, Richard – 1983
Two case histories, one in a business and one in an academic setting, demonstrated the potential for an interdisciplinary approach in teaching technical communication. Cooperation between a writer with little understanding of computer software and technicians lacking sophisticated writing skills resulted in concise, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Adults, Business, Case Studies, College Students
Yates, Joanne M. – 1987
The ideas of John Dewey and his fellow progressives have resurfaced in a movement called "writing across the curriculum." Interdisciplinary studies are now being seen as a way to break down the artificial boundaries between subject areas. Research has confirmed that language learning and experience are at the heart of education. The implications…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Content Area Writing, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Kraft, Richard F. – 1986
The intent of this guide is to encourage teachers to have students write, both formally and informally, on a systematic basis. Three types of writing are emphasized: (1) journal writing; (2) research paper writing; and (3) essay writing. The section on journal writing includes a handout for the class explaining the purpose for journal writing and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Curriculum Guides
Slater, Marsha S. – 1988
A series of interviews carried out over a 6-month period investigated: (1) why and how five New York City high school teachers used writing-to-learn across the curriculum, and, (2) the outcome of conducting research on one's own colleagues. Subjects were a math teacher, a physics teacher, and a career education teacher from a high school for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Classroom Research, Content Area Writing, Interdisciplinary Approach
McQuade, Donald A. – 1986
Intended to chart the interconnections of linguistics, stylistics, and the teaching of composition, this book encourages a productive collective effort to cultivate linguistics among teachers of writing. Chapter titles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Grammar in American College Composition: An Historical Overview" (R. J. Connors);…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Content Area Writing, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)