Browsing Office of University Writing by Subject "Writing in the Disciplines (WID)"
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How Writing Contributes to Learning: New Findings from a National Study and Their Local Application
(2019-10-31)
Anderson, P., Anson, C. M., Fish, T., Gonyea, R. M., Marshall, M., Menefee-Libey, W., Paine, C., Blake, L. P., Weaver, S. (2017). How writing contributes to learning: New findings from a national study and their local ...
Lessons from the Field: Moving from Data to Action
(2019-10-31)
From its launch more than a decade ago, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) was more than just a new survey. NSSE represented a campaign to focus the attention of higher education leaders, faculty, staff, ...
Organizational Response to a University Writing Initiative: Writing in the Disciplines (WID) in an Interdisciplinary Department
(2019-10-30)
The authors use an institutional theory framework to examine the impact of a newly adopted university-wide Writing in the Disciplines (WID) initiative in courses offered by three
undergraduate programs housed in an ...
Reflecting on the Past, Reconstructing the Future: Faculty Members’ Threshold Concepts for Teaching Writing in the Disciplines
(2020-12-08)
A growing body of scholarship in writing studies has started exploring threshold concepts for writing, providing a synoptic view of the transformations students undergo as they learn about writing. However, the field has ...
Trouble and transformation in higher education: Identifying threshold concepts through faculty narratives about teaching writing
(2020-12-08)
The theory of threshold concepts has given faculty a powerful way to name foundational, but difficult, disciplinary concepts. However, there is no methodological consensus about the best ways to identify them. In this ...
Writing for Publication: Faculty Development Initiative Using Social Learning Theory
(2019-11-05)
Demonstrating scholarly competency is an expectation for nurse faculty. However, there is hesitancy among some faculty to fully engage in scholarly activities. To strengthen a school of nursing’s culture of scholarship, a ...