New Additions to the Outcomes and Assignments Sections, New Section Opens

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We have new additions to the Writing-Related Learning Outcomes and Writing Assignments sections of the website, from the departments of finance and music. In the coming days, we will be posting three more sets, from the departments of anthropology and management, and from the School of Finance. These materials were developed by faculty teams from these departments during the spring 2013 WAC Fellows Program. Please visit the links on the right-hand side of the home page to access these materials. Read more about New Additions to the Outcomes and Assignments Sections, New Section Opens

A History Professor Publishes an Article About Teaching Writing

Our colleague from the Department of History Dan Murphree who was a member of the History WAC Fellows Team in the spring of 2012 has published an article about the teaching of writing in history courses in Perspectives on History, the news magazine of the American Historical Association. The title of the article is "An Unexpected Bridge: the AHA Tuning Project and Writing Across the Curriculum," and you can read the abstract by clicking on the link.  Read more about A History Professor Publishes an Article About Teaching Writing

WAC for Historians: Using 'Fine-Tuned' Writing Assignments to Teach Students Disciplinary Ways of Thinking

Scot French

Scot French is an associate professor in the Department of History. Dr. French is a digital public historian who specializes in the interpretation of cultural landscapes and sites of memory associated with African American, Southern, and Atlantic World history.

"To date, I’ve evaluated four WAC-inspired assignments, with very promising results. My students are showing me how much they can learn about history by “doing” history through finely tuned research and writing assignments. They’re also revealing, through their written work, the strengths and weaknesses of each assignment and suggesting where I need to work harder as a teacher." Read more about WAC for Historians: Using 'Fine-Tuned' Writing Assignments to Teach Students Disciplinary Ways of Thinking

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