supporting scholarly exchange about communication across the curriculum
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What kinds of writing can I include? What is writing in the disciplines? Do I have to be an expert in grammar? Do writing and peer review take up too much class time? How can I avoid getting lousy student papers? What makes a good writing assignment? How can I get the most out of peer-review? Why consider collaborative writing assignments? What writing resources are available for my students? What teaching resources are available?
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An Introduction to WAC Give out models of good papersMany teachers fear that if students see models of good papers, students will use the models as templates to "fill in the blanks" for their own papers. Admittedly, sometimes students do take the "fill in the blanks" approach, but far less often than they might, particularly when teachers explain that the models represent a range of responses or approaches to the assignment. Much more often, students use the models to help them make the key criteria on the assignment sheet more concrete. An assignment might, for instance, call for detailed development, but until students see a sample of detailed development, they may not see just how much research they'll need to do to collect relevant support for their ideas. |
