This approach to classify different types of writing assignments was provided by Dr. Alyson Ma from the Economics department, and is used in the ECON 497 Senior Seminar course. Through a series of formal and informal assignments, her students have the Continue reading
This article describing the “Writing Spiral” (a collection of writing resources for students), was written by Dr. Traci Guiliano, a Professor of Psychology at Southwestern University. Dr. Guiliano recognized the lack of a widely-accepted resource geared toward helping faculty teach Continue reading
This formal essay prompt was created by Dr. Cawa Tran and Dr. Kate Boersma from the Biology Department. Dr. Tran and Dr. Boersma explain how this assignment from BIOL 490 is meant to give students the opportunity to “practice synthesizing Continue reading
This article was submitted by Dr. Cawa Tran from the Biology Department. You can download a copy of it here. Professor George M. Whitesides Harvard University’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology created a short guide on how to write Continue reading
These handouts were created by Dr. Traci Guiliano, a Professor of Psychology at Southwestern University, and shared with us by Dr. Cawa Tran from the University of San Diego’s Biology Department. The folder of handouts contains 9 different documents that Continue reading
This Zotero guide was submitted by Dr. Cawa Tran and Dr. Valerie Hohman from the Biology Department. Zotero is a free-to-use open source reference management tool that students can use to collect and store their research and bibliographic sources. Dr. Continue reading
The April 2023 CADW faculty workshop will be held on Thursday, April 27 from 12:15 PM to 2:15 PM in LC 207. Lunch will be served. Using a Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) approach, this workshop combines insights from rhetoric Continue reading
This resource, The Top Twenty Most Common Errors, was developed by the Writing Center at Southeastern and submitted by Dr. Cawa Tran from the University of San Diego’s Biology Department. This document provides examples of the following errors, explaining the Continue reading
This article was submitted by Dr. Sue Lowery from the Biology Department. “Writing to Facilitate Reading” is a short article written by George Gopen. In this article, Gopen illuminates the role that grammatical closure has in aiding readers’ comprehension of Continue reading
This in-class assignment was submitted by Dr. Sara Appleton-Knapp from the Department of Psychological Sciences. Dr. Appleton-Knapp’s APA Style Reference Activity is an exercise to help students practice their APA citation skills. In this activity, students must rewrite 12 references Continue reading
