The essays listed below are available in PDF, below. They are authored by professors working in WAC programs across the country.
Each one addresses specific topics in WAC / WID that are further illustrated by the sample syllabi and assignments created by SFSU faculty.
We will be updating these essays throughout the academic year. They include:
(1) USING INFORMAL WRITING. Peter Elbow and Mary Sorcinelli, "How to Enhance Learning by Using High-Stakes and Low-Stakes Writing." In McKeachie’s Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers. 12th edition. Houghton Mifflin 2005. 192-212
(2) USING INFORMAL WRITING AND RESPONDING TO STUDENT WRITING. Toby Fulwiler.
"The Argument for Writing across the Curriculum." In Writing across the Disciplines. Ed. Art Young and Toby Fulwiler. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1986, 21- 32.
(3) CRAFTING ASSIGNMENTS THAT DEFINE A COMMUNICATIVE SITUATION. See Robert Frank's opinion piece, "Students Discover Economics in Its Natural State," The New York Times September 29, 2005, Thursday: Late Edition. Google Frank for other papers on writing in economics.
(4) INFORMAL WRITING / WRITING TO LEARN. Bernadette Russek. "Writing to Learn in Mathematics."
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Enhance_Learning.pdf | 160.77 KB |
| NYT economics.pdf | 28.52 KB |
| fulwiler.pdf | 941.5 KB |
| writing to learn math.pdf | 77.16 KB |
