Writing Across the Curriculum

• “Writing to Learn” • Criteria:

– Substantial writing– Multiple assignments– Revision of work– Critical feedback

Substantial WritingWriting Assignments: Percentage of Final Grade

Fall 2008 & Spring 2009Grade % Syllabi

5 210 220 125 330 235 140 445 450 460 265 570 275 280 190 195 1

100 4Unclear 5

Total Sample: 41 Syllabi

Multiple AssignmentsTotal Number of Writing Assignments

Fall 2008 & Spring 2009

Number of

Assignments

Syllabi

0 21 32 43 54 75 36 37 39 4

10 111 313 2

Unclear 6

Total Page Count for Writing AssignmentsFall 2008 & Spring 2009

Page Count Syllabi

3 14 25 17 28 1

10 112 214 316 217 118 320 121 122 123 225 430 137 144 1

Unclear 15

Sample Syllabi

• Sample Syllabi– Humanities

• Professor Nicky Agate • French Literature in English Translation

– Natural Sciences• Dr. Judith Weis• Marine Biology

– Social Sciences• Professor Paul Shane• History of Social Welfare Policies & Programs to the 1930s

Using the “Write-to-Learn” Model

• Description of lecture/solution to problem posed• Note card with questions• Blackboard response to primary source readings• Essay exam• Oral presentation• Short response paper (argument, memorable

quotes, questions for discussion)

Types of Assignments• Library research project• Experimental research project• Lab report requiring data analysis• Annotated bibliography• Poster presentation from literature

search• Analytical essay

Fall 2008 Student Services• Workshops

– Critical Reading Strategies– Grammar and Style– The Writing Process– Revision and Proofreading– Individual Review

• Tutorial Support• Blackboard

Grade Comparison: Writing Intensive vs. English Composition

A B+ B C+ C D F IN W NG

ALL WI, Fall 2007

(n=1064)34% 15% 21% 7% 7% 2% 4% 1% 4% 4%

English 101, Fall 2007 (n=814)

10% 15% 30% 16% 15% 3% 3% 0% 3% 2%

A B+ B C+ C D F IN W NG

ALL WI, Spring 2008

(n=1338)36% 17% 21% 6% 8% 2% 3% 2% 5% 1%

15% 19% 15% 17% 15% 4% 6% 0% 5% 2%

Fall 2007A B+ B C+ C D F IN W NG

ALLWI, Fall 2008 (1776) 36% 16% 22% 8% 8% 1% 3% 1% 4% 1%

11% 19% 5% 28% 17% 7% 7% 1% 4% 0%

Fall 2008

Fall 2007

Spring 2008

Grade Comparison: Writing Intensive vs. English Composition

Fall 2008 TutoringFall 2008 # visits #hours #studentsEnglish

Composition 516 599.48 208Writing

Intensive 72 87.17 37Other 253 284.23 164Total 841 970.88 409

Faculty Services• Classroom visits• Informational meetings• Survey • Focus group

WAC Challenges

• Skill transfer and sustainability: English Composition to upper level courses

• Impact of articulation agreements• A writing-active culture?

Writing Across the Curriculum

Documents

Writing Across the Curriculum (MRA 2009)

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