Contents
Getting Started
Why include writing in my courses?
What is writing in the disciplines?
Useful Knowledge
What should I know about rhetorical situations?
Do I have to be an expert in grammar to assign writing?
What should I know about genre and design?
What should I know about second-language writing?
What teaching resources are available?
What should I know about WAC and graduate education?
Assigning Writing
What makes a good writing assignment?
How can I avoid getting lousy student writing?
What benefits might reflective writing have for my students?
Using Peer Review
Why consider collaborative writing assignments?
Do writing and peer review take up too much class time?
How can I get the most out of peer review?
Responding to Writing
How can I handle responding to student writing?
How can writing centers support writing in my courses?
What writing resources are available for my students?
Using Technology
How can computer technologies support writing in my classes?
Designing and Assessing WAC Programs
What designs are typical for WAC programs?
How can WAC programs be assessed?
More on WAC
You’ll find a number of useful resources on writing across the curriculum on the web. You’ll find a tremendous number of useful sites in the WAC Links section of the Clearinghouse. In addition, you might view the following resources.
Books Available through the Clearinghouse
- Reference Guide to Writing Across the Curriculum, by Charles Bazerman, Joseph Little, Lisa Bethel, Teri Chavkin, Danielle Fouquette, and Janet Garufis
- Strengthening Programs for Writing Across the Curriculum, edited by Susan H. McLeod
- WAC for the New Millennium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs, edited by Susan H. McLeod, Eric Miraglia, Margot Soven, and Christopher Thaiss
- Writing Across the Curriculum: A Guide to Developing Programs, edited by Susan H. McLeod and Margot Soven
- Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum 4/e, by Art Young
- WAC Partnerships Between Secondary and Postsecondary Institutions, edited by Jacob S. Blumner and Pamela B. Childers
- WAC and Second-Language Writers: Research Towards Linguistically and Culturally Inclusive Programs and Practices, edited by Terry Myers Zawacki and Michelle Cox
- Writing Programs Worldwide: Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places, edited by Chris Thaiss, Gerd Bräuer, Paula Carlino, Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams, and Aparna Sinha
- Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum, edited by Donna Reiss, Dickie Selfe, and Art Young
- Designing Writing Assignments, by Traci Gardner
- Toward A Taxonomy of “Small” Genres and Writing Techniques for Use in Writing-Across-the-Curriculum, collected by Richard E. Young
- Language Across the Curriculum in the Elementary Grades, by Christopher Thaiss
- Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, edited by Toby Fulwiler and Art Young
- Programs and Practices: Writing Across the Secondary School Curriculum, edited by Pamela B. Farrell-Childers, Anne Ruggles Gere, and Art Young
Special Issues of Across the Disciplines
- WAC and High-Impact Practices, edited by Beth Boquet and Neal Lerner
- WAC/WID Program Administration at Rural, Regional, and Satellite Campuses, edited by Heidi Harris and Jessie Blackburn
- Writing Across the Secondary School Curriculum, edited by Pamela B. Childers and Michael J. Lowry
- WAC and Second Language Writing: Cross-field Research, Theory, and Program Development, edited by Michelle Cox and Terry Myers Zawacki
- WAC at the Community College: Beating the Odds, edited by Clint Gardner
- WAC and Assessment: Activities, Programs, and Insights at the Intersection, edited by the Florida State University Editorial Collective
- Writing Technologies and WAC: Current Lessons and Future Trends, edited by Karen J. Lunsford
- Rewriting Across the Curriculum: Writing Fellows as Agents of Change in WAC, edited by Brad Hughes and Emily B. Hall
Books and Articles Available Elsewhere
Useful Websites
- View the Clearinghouse WAC Links
- George Mason University. Writing Across the Curriculum
- University of Wisconsin – Madison. Writing Across the Curriculum
- Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Center for Writing Studies. Writing Across the Curriculum Program.
- Washington State University. Writing Across the Curriculum / Writing in the Disciplines.