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- BEST FOR:<\/strong><\/em> Strategies for developing communication learning objectives and designing effective writing assignments.<\/li>\n
- Includes information on developing writing and communication learning objectives (i.e. drawing on research on how students learn to write<\/a>), designing effective writing assignments, and strategies for responding to student writing (i.e. suggestions for responding to students who need more help<\/a>). This website\u00a0is expansive and detailed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
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- BEST FOR<\/strong><\/em>: A one-stop location when you’re not sure what you’re looking for, excellent student-friendly site for style guides with\u00a0examples and simple explanations of academic writing conventions.<\/li>\n
- Includes thorough sitemap<\/a>, various\u00a0writing exercises, ESL writing instruction resources, overviews of common writing assignments, writing mechanics and grammar, visual rhetoric, and a popular research and citation guide<\/a>.\u00a0With\u00a0over 200 resources, this website is extensive\u00a0and frequently updated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Harvard College’s Writing Center website<\/a> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- BEST FOR:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Student-friendly webpages explaining\u00a0basic writing strategies\/conventions that can also be connected to\u00a0class discussion.<\/li>\n
- Includes\u00a0quick explanations on various strategies for essay writing (i.e. close reading, thesis statement, editing steps, revision), using sources<\/a>, and both brief<\/a> and detailed<\/a>\u00a0guides to Writing in the Disciplines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nREADINGS ON WAC<\/h2>\n
The WAC Casebook: Scenes for Faculty Reflection and Program Development (2001)<\/strong>(2005)
\nby\u00a0Chris Anson<\/em><\/p>\n![\"41Iktev4wML._SX336_BO1,204,203,200_\"](\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/wac\/files\/2016\/06\/41Iktev4wML._SX336_BO1204203200_-150x150.jpg\")
Chris Anson<\/a>‘s book\u00a0is a great place to start learning about WAC and reading about 45 real\u00a0student\/teacher interactions. Available here<\/a>.\u00a0Dr. Anson visited Augsburg in 2013 and materials from his workshop are available on Moodle here<\/a> (via the\u00a0Moodle\u00a0Community<\/a> > General Education <\/a>> WAC<\/a>). We suggest reviewing\u00a0his handout\u00a0for its many examples\u00a0of low\/mid\/high stakes writing assignments with rationales.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The following list includes\u00a0free<\/strong> online texts\u00a0that cover an array of topics related to\u00a0Writing Across the Curriculum. Beyond reviewing the history and literature\u00a0of WAC these texts typically include useful\u00a0“Best Practices” in concluding chapters.<\/p>\n
Reference Guide to Writing Across the Curriculum <\/strong>(2005)
\nby\u00a0Charles Bazerman, Joseph Little, Lisa Bethel, Teri Chavkin, Danielle Fouquette, and Janet Garufis<\/em><\/p>\n![\"cover\"](\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/wac\/files\/2016\/05\/cover-150x150.jpg\")
In addition to a historical review of WAC literature, this text summarizes\u00a0related pedagogical issues of theory and practice. Most helpfully, the authors\u00a0suggest best practices in program design, assessment, and classroom practices. The fifth<\/a> chapter explains\u00a0the “Writing to Learn” approach\u00a0and the final chapter<\/a> includes an\u00a0extensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading, including disciplinary sources on WAC for Mathematics, Psychology,\u00a0English, Literature and Language Arts, Economics, and History.\u00a0All chapters are available online as free PDF documents, click here<\/a> to be redirected to the book.<\/p>\nWAC for the New Millennium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs (2011) (2001)<\/strong>(2005)
\nEdited by Susan H. McLeod, Eric Miraglia, Margot Soven, and Christopher Thaiss<\/em><\/p>\n![\"cover\"](\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/wac\/files\/2016\/05\/cover-2-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n“The writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) movement, now more than 25 years old, has remained a stable part of the educational landscape, outlasting other educational innovations by adapting to new educational initiatives. This collection of essays describes how WAC programs have adapted and continue to adapt to meet new challenges. The editors explain strategies for continuing WAC programs in an atmosphere of change; explore new avenues of collaboration, such as service learning and the linked-course curricula of learning communities; predict areas into which WAC programs need to move; and suggest new directions for research on writing across the curriculum.\u00a0All chapters are available online as free PDF documents, click here<\/a> to be redirected to the book.<\/p>\n
Writing Across the Curriculum:\u00a0A Guide to Developing Programs<\/strong> (2000)
\nEdited by Susan H. McLeod and Margot Soven<\/em><\/p>\n![\"cover-1\"](\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/wac\/files\/2016\/05\/cover-1-1-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n“Addressing the design, funding, operation, and underlying pedagogical principles of WAC programs, this comprehensive collection of essays offers important advice to WAC program designers and teachers. In 12 chapters, the contributors to this important collection discuss issues including program design, writing in the disciplines, writing to learn, writing-intensive courses, and the relationships among WAC programs, first-year writing programs, general education, and writing centers.”\u00a0All chapters are available online as free PDF documents, click here<\/a> to be redirected to the book.<\/p>\n
Strengthening Programs for Writing Across the Curriculum <\/strong>(2002)
\nEdited by Susan H. McLeod<\/em><\/p>\n![\"cover\"](\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/wac\/files\/2016\/05\/cover-1-150x150.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n“This collection of thoughtful, thoroughly grounded essays explores the design of writing-across-the-curriculum programs in new and maturing programs. The collection also contains an appendix listing the results of the first comprehensive survey of writing-across-the-curriculum programs in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada.”\u00a0All chapters are available online as free PDF documents, click here<\/a> to be redirected to the book.<\/p>\n
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\nLINKS ON WAC<\/h2>\n
The WAC Clearinghouse website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
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- Includes open-access journals, books, and other resources for teachers who use writing in their courses. Also includes an\u00a0online forum for ideas, issues, and practices related to Writing Across the Curriculum and\u00a0access to published books and articles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
CompPile website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
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- Includes access to an\u00a0inventory of academic publications in writing studies, including post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Council of Writing Program Administrators website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
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- The Council of Writing Program Administrators is a national association of college and university faculty with professional responsibilities for (or interests in) directing writing programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For further reading review\u00a0the\u00a0Statement of WAC Principles and Practices<\/a>,\u00a0endorsed by the International Network of WAC Programs<\/a> (INWAC) and the Conference on College Composition and Communication<\/a> Executive Committee.\u00a0Other landmark texts can be located through the WAC Clearinghouse webpage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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- The Council of Writing Program Administrators is a national association of college and university faculty with professional responsibilities for (or interests in) directing writing programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Includes access to an\u00a0inventory of academic publications in writing studies, including post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Includes\u00a0quick explanations on various strategies for essay writing (i.e. close reading, thesis statement, editing steps, revision), using sources<\/a>, and both brief<\/a> and detailed<\/a>\u00a0guides to Writing in the Disciplines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Includes thorough sitemap<\/a>, various\u00a0writing exercises, ESL writing instruction resources, overviews of common writing assignments, writing mechanics and grammar, visual rhetoric, and a popular research and citation guide<\/a>.\u00a0With\u00a0over 200 resources, this website is extensive\u00a0and frequently updated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Includes information on developing writing and communication learning objectives (i.e. drawing on research on how students learn to write<\/a>), designing effective writing assignments, and strategies for responding to student writing (i.e. suggestions for responding to students who need more help<\/a>). This website\u00a0is expansive and detailed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n