One-Credit Writing-Intensive Courses in the Disciplines: Results from a Study of Four Departments

Autor/in	Deans, Thomas
Titel	One-Credit Writing-Intensive Courses in the Disciplines: Results from a Study of Four Departments
Quelle	In: Across the Disciplines, 14 (2017) 1, (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-8244
Schlagwörter	College Credits; Writing Instruction; Content Area Writing; Intellectual Disciplines; Scoring Rubrics; Group Discussion; Content Analysis; Writing Assignments; Animals; Sciences; Health; Economics; Nutrition Instruction; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Schreibunterricht; Schriftliche Übung; Geisteswissenschaften; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Gruppendiskussion; Inhaltsanalyse; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Science; Wissenschaft; Gesundheit; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Nutrition education; Ernährungserziehung
Abstract	This study reports on learning outcomes of one-credit writing-intensive (W) courses in the disciplines at a large public university where three-credit W courses are the norm. An evaluation of 210 final papers from four departments--Allied Health, Animal Science, Economics, and Nutritional Sciences--revealed that writing outcomes, as defined and measured by faculty and doctoral students the four participating departments, met expectations for junior/senior-level writing in their respective fields. Results suggest that well-designed onecredit Ws are viable, albeit with two significant qualifications: student motivation and performance are better when one-credit Ws are tightly aligned with a companion 2- or 3-credit course (as opposed to when they stand alone); and one-credit Ws can unintentionally trigger troubling labor issues. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	WAC Clearinghouse. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Tel: 970-491-3132; Web site: http://wac.colostate.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01