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Classic WAC texts

 

WAC Theory

      

Bartholomae, David. "Inventing the University." Journal of Basic Writing 5.1 (1986): 4-23.

Fulwiler, Toby. "Why We Teach Writing in the First Place." fforum 4.2 (1983): 122-133.

Langer, Judith A. "Speaking of Knowing: Conceptions of Understanding in Academic Disciplines." Writing, Teaching, and Learning in the Disciplines. Ed. Anne Herrington and Charles Moran. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1992. 69-85.

Rose, Mike. "The Language of Exclusion: Writing Instruction at the University." Cross- Talk in Comp Theory: A Reader. Ed. Victor Villanueva, Jr. Urbana: NCTE, 1997. 525-547.

Russell, David R. "American Origins of the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Movement." Landmark Essays on Writing Across the Curriculum. Ed. Charles Bazerman and Russell. Davis: Hermagoras Press, 1994. 3-22.

---, ed. "The Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Movement, 1970-1999." Writing in the Academic Disciplines, 1870-1990: A Curricular History. By Russell. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2002. 271-307.

Townsend, Martha. "Writing Across the Curriculum." English Studies and Language Arts. Ed. Alan C. Purves, Linda Papa, and Sarah Jordan. New York: NCTE, 1994. 1299-1302.

WAC-Related Research

      

Lester, Nancy, Corinne Bertram, Gregory Erickson, Ernie Lee, Abraham Tchako, Kacy D. Wiggins, and James Wilson. "Writing Across the Curriculum: A College Snapshot." Urban Education 38.1 (2003): 5-34

Perl, Sondra. "Early Work on Composing: Lessons and Illuminations." History, Reflection, and Narrative: The Professionalization of Composition. Ed. M. Roesner, B. Boehm, and D. Journet. Stamford: Ablex, 1999. 83-97.

Assignment Design

      

Elbow, Peter. "High Stakes and Low Stakes in Assigning and Responding to Writing." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 69 (1997): 5-13.

Maimon, Elaine P. "Cultivating the Prose Garden." Phi Delta Kappan (1988): 734-39.

Assessment

      

Fathman, Ann K., and Elizabeth Whalley. "Teacher Response to Student Writing: Focus on Form Versus Content." Second Language Writing: Research Insight for the Classroom. Ed. Barbara Kroll. New York: Cambridge UP, 1990. 178-190.

Hartwell, Patricia. "Grammar, Grammars, and the Teaching of Grammar." College English 47.2 (1985): 105-127.

Haswell, Richard. "Minimal Marking." College English 45.6 (1983): 600-604.

Sommers, Nancy. "Responding to Student Writing." College Composition and Communication 33.2 (1982): 148-156.

Sweeney, Marilyn Ruth. "Relating Revision Skills to Teacher Commentary." TETYC (1999): 213-218.

ESL and ESD

      

Coleman, Charles F. "Our Students Write With Accents--Oral Paradigms for ESD Students." College Composition and Communication 48.4 (1997): 486-500.

Johns, Ann M. "ESL Students and WAC Programs: Varied Populations and Diverse Needs." WAC For the New Millennium. Ed. Susan H. McLeod, Eric Miraglia, Margot Soven, and Christopher Thaiss. Urbana: NCTE, 2001. 141-164.

Zamel, Vivian. "Strangers in Academia: The Experiences of Faculty and ESL Students Across the Curriculum." College Composition and Communication 46.4 (1995): 249-164.

---. "Responding to Student Writing." TESOL Quarterly 19.1 (1985): 79-101.

Other Resources

      

WAC Clearinghouse: Open-Access Books on WAC--https://wac.colostate.edu/books/