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Peer reviewedHilgers, Thomas L.; Stitt-Bergh, Monica; Hussey, Edna Lardizabal – Written Communication, 1999
Draws on the perceptions and experiences of upper-division students enrolled in writing-intensive (WI) classes in their majors at a large state university. Discusses findings as they relate to the ideologies of writing across the curriculum and writing in the disciplines. Suggests greater attention to a field's inquiry methods and strategies for…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Problem Solving, Research Methodology
Freedman, Aviva – 1987
As a by-product of a study concerning how university level writers develop new genres of discourse, a study was undertaken to examine what factors or dimensions affect the composing process of university writers. Six undergraduate students at Carleton University in Ottawa participated, making available to researchers information about how they…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Heuristics, Higher Education
Download full textFlower, Linda – 1987
Second in the series "Reading-to-Write: Exploring a Cognitive and Social Process," this report looks at the different ways students represent reading-to-write tasks to themselves, analyzes the resulting divergence in their writing goals and strategies, and recommends teaching task representation as an interpretive process that continues…
Descriptors: College English, Content Area Writing, Expository Writing, Higher Education
