Helping Students Write Well: A Guide for Teachers in All Disciplines

Walvoord, Barbara E. Fassler

ISBN 10: 087352201X / ISBN 13: 9780873522014

Published by Modern Language Association of A, 1986

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Helping Students Write Well: A Guide for Teachers in All Disciplines
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of A
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087352201X
• ISBN 13: 9780873522014
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Helping Students Write Well has become the standard manual for most college instructors seeking to integrate writing into their courses more effectively. The book suggests techniques for responding to student work, guiding student peer groups, and dealing with specific writing problems. Aimed at college faculty in a variety of disciplines -- history, sociology, biology, marketing, psychology, literature, and others -- Barbara Walvoord's lively text provides methods for helping students
-- generate ideas
-- bring topics into focus
-- gather and integrate library information
-- organize reasoning and evidence
-- follow a required format
-- draft, revise, and edit
-- improve style and mechanics
-- compose visual aidsHelping Students Write Well is an essential tool both for those who teach writing and for those who want to make writing a significant part of their courses.

About the Author

Barbara E. Walvoord is a Professor Emerita at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. She is the author of numerous books, including "Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment" with V. J. Anderson, and "Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education"