Resources

A. WAC/WID Resources for Faculty Writing Fellows
B. Discipline-specific Resources
C. Annotated WID Bibliographies

A. Resources for Faculty Writing Fellows

The list of books and articles below has been developed by and for the WID Writing Fellows, and new titles are being added as the project evolves. Links and documents are provided here in observance of the copyright and permission requirements of the individual journals, websites and authors.


          • Action Learning and Action Research Association.
          • Bartholomae, David. “Inventing the University.”
          • Bartholomae,David. “The Study of Error.” College Composition and Communication. Vol. 31, No. 3, Oct.1980. 253-269.
          • Bazerman, Charles. “Genre and Cognitive Development: Beyond Writing to Learn.”
          • Bazerman, Chalres. “The Life of Genre, the Life in the Classroom.”
          • Bazerman, Charles et al. “Writing to Learn.
          • Bean, John. Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2011.
          • Bizzup, Joseph. “BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-based Writing.” Rhetoric Review. Vol. 27. No. 1. 72-86. 2008. Bizup BEAM pdf
          • CCCC Statement on Second Language Writing and Writers. November 2009.
          • Carter, Michael, et al. “Writing to Learn by Learning to Write in the Disciplines.” Journal of Business and Technical Commincations. Vol. 21 No. 3. 278-302. July 2007. Carter Writing to Learn pdf
          • Elbow, Peter. “Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking: Sorting out Three Forms of Judgment.” College English, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Feb., 1993), pp. 187-206.
          • Emig,Janet. “Writing as a Mode of Learning.” College Composition and Communication. Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1977), pp. 122-128.
          • Gonyea, Robert, and Paul Anderson. “Writing, Engagement and Successful Learning Outcomes.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 14, 2009: San Diego, CA.
          • Goring-Kepner, Christine. “Types of Written Feedback and the Development of Second-Language Writing Skills.” The Modern Language Journal. Vol. 75, No. 3 (Autumn, 1991), pp. 305-313.
          • Kalantzis, Mary, and Bill Cope. “Assessing multiliteracies and the new basics.” Assessment in Education, Vol. 10, No. 1, March 2003.
          • Kamenetz, Anya. “Adapt or Decline.” Inside Higher Education. March 26, 2010.
          • Kress, Gunther. “Reading Images: Multimodality, Representation and New Media”
          • Leki, Ilona. “Coping Strategies of ESL Students in Writing Tasks across the Curriculum.” TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer, 1995), pp. 235-260. Leki Coping Strategies of ESL Writers
          • MacKenzie, Ian. “Creating a Community of Writers: Blogging in the Active Learning Classroom.” STLHE rountable presentation. June 2015
          • Matsuda, P.K., & Cox, M. (2011). “Reading an ESL writer’s text.” Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal, 2(1), 4 – 14.
          • Monroe,Jonathan. “Writing and the Disciplines.” Peer Review. Fall 2003.
          • Nonaka, Ikojiro. “The Knowledge-creating Company.”
          • Petrucci, Peter. “A Writing to Learn Approach to Writing in the Disciplines in an Introductory Linguistics Classroom.” The WAC Journal, Vol. 13: June 2002. 133-143.
          • Roberts, Judith C. and Keith A. Roberts. “Deep Reading, Cost/Benefit, and the Construction of Meaning: Enhancing Reading Comprehension and Deep Learning in Sociology Courses.” Teaching Sociology , Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr., 2008), pp. 125-140.
          • Rose, Mike. “The Language of Exclusion: Writing Instruction at the University.” College English, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Apr., 1985), pp. 341-359.
          • Russel, David. “Rethinking Genre in School and Society: An Activity Theory Analysis.” Written Communication 14 (1997): 504-554.
          • — “Activity Theory and Its Implications for Writing Instruction.” In Reconceiving Writing, Rethinking Writing Instruction. Ed. Joseph Petraglia. (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum,1995): 51-78.
          • Russell, David and Larry Kaufer. “Discourse Communities: Local Knowledge, Local Practices.” Excerpted from Writing in the Academic Disciplines: A Curricular History, by David Russell (Southern Illinois Press, 2002) 12-14, and “Writing in the Content Areas: Theory and Practice,” by David Kaufer and Richard Young, in Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing: Rethinking the Disciplines, ed. Lee Odell (U of Southern Illinois Press, 1993) 73, 80-82.The Case for Writing in the Disciplines Two Excerpts Russell and Kaufer
          • Shapiro, Elliot. “Why I Don’t Grade Papers.” Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, Cornell University: Ithaca, 2000. ShapiroElliot2000
          • Skene, Allyson and Sarah Fedko. “Scaffolding Assignments.” Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto.
          • Sommers, Nancy. “The Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers.” College Composition and Communication, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 1980), pp. 378-388.
          • Takayoshi, Pamela, and Cynthia L. Selfe. “Thinking About Multimodality.” From Multimodal Composition: Resources for Teachers. Cresskill NJ: Hampton Press, 2007.
          • Weinstein, Larry. “Honoring Student Thinking.” From Writing at the Threshold. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 2001.WeinsteinHonoringThinking
          • Yancey, Kathleen Blake. “Made Not Only in Words: Composition in a New Key.” College Composition and Communication. College Composition and Communication, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Dec., 2004), pp. 297-328.
          • Zammell, Vivian. “Strangers in Academia: Experiences of Professors and ESL Students across the Curriculum.” College Composition and Communication, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Dec., 1995), pp. 506-521.

B. Discipline-Specific Resources

These resources have been identified either by the WID Working Group or past or present Writing Fellows.


Biology
  • Poe, Myna, Neal Learner and Jennifer Craig. Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering: Case Studies from MIT. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010.
  • Reitsma, Len. “Innovative Writing Assignments in the Natural Sciences.” WAC Journal. Vol. 10.
  • Stockton, Sharon. “Students and Professionals Writing Biology: Disciplinary Work and Apprentice Storytelling.” Language and Learning Across the Disciplines. Vol.1. No.2. 1994.

Chemistry / Analytical and Biomedical Laboratory Technology

  • Rich, Jennifer, Miller, Daisy & DeTora, Lisa. (2011, June 27). “From concept to application: Student narratives of problem-solving as a basis for writing assignments in science classes.” Across the Disciplines, 8(1). Retrieved February 7, 2012, from
  • Stoller, Fredricka L. , James K. Jones, Molly S. Costanza-Robinson, Marin S. Robinson. (2005, May 15). “Demystifying Disciplinary Writing: A Case Study in the Writing of Chemistry.” Across the Disciplines. Vol.2, May 2005. Retrieved Feb. 7, 2012 from
  • Stout, Roland P. (2011, June 27). “It’s a shame to put such wonderful thoughts in such poor language”: A chemist’s perspective on writing in the discipline. Across the Disciplines, 8(1). Retrieved February 7, 2012, from
Computer Science
  • Chau, Thomas, et al. “Knowledge Sharing: Agile Methods vs. Tayloristic Methods.” Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2003. WET ICE 2003. Proceedings. Twelfth IEEE International Workshops. Issue Date: 9-11 June 2003. 302 – 307.
  • Gabriel, Richard, “Designed as Designer.” Proceedings, OOPSLA ’08: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming systems languages and applications. Montreal, 2008.
  • —– “Writers Workshops as Scientific Methodlogy.”
  • Sampson, Justin. “Mindful Engineering.” Agile Foucs: A Weblog for Agile Software Development. June 11, 2009.
  • Welch, Lonnie R., Sherrie Gradin, and Karin Sandell. “Enhancing Engineering Educationwith Writing-to-learn and Cooperative Learning:Experiences from a Software Engineering Course.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Welch Engineering Writing to Learn pdf
Design
  • Casakin, H. P. “Factors of metaphors in design problem-solving: Implications for design creativity.” International Journal of Design. 1(2), 2007. 21-33.
  • Findeli, Alain. “Rethinking Design Education for the 21st Century: Theoretical, Methodological, and Ethical Discussion.” Design Issues 17.1 (2001): 5-17. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.
  • Goldschmidt, Gabriela. “The Backtalk of Self-Generated Sketches.” Design Issues 19.1 (2003): 72-88. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.Goldschmidt Sketch pdf
  • Kolko, Jon. “Abductive Thinking and Sensemaking: The Drivers of Design Synthesis.” Design Issues 26.1 (2010): 15-28. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.Kolko Abductive Thinking pdf
Economics
  • Cohen, Avi, and John Spencer. “Using Writing Across the Curriculum in Economics: Is Taking the Plunge Worth It?” The Journal of Economics Education. Vol. 24, No. 3 (Summer 1993), 219 -230.WAC Economics Cohen Spencer pdf
Engineering
  • Bergmann, Linda. “WAC Meets the Ethos of Engineering: Process, Collaboration, and Disciplinary Practices.” Language and Learning Across the Disciplines. Vol. 4. No.1. May 2000. 4-15.
  • Welch, Lonnie R., Sherrie Gradin, and Karin Sandell. “Enhancing Engineering Educationwith Writing-to-learn and Cooperative Learning:Experiences from a Software Engineering Course.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Welch Engineering Writing to Learn
History
  • Bizup, Joseph. “BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-Based Writing.” Rhetoric Review, 27(1), 2008. 72-86.
  • Durst, Russel K. “Coming to Grips with Theory: College Students’ Use of Theoretical Explanation in Writing About History.” WAC Journal v.1 n.1 Durst Theory in History pdf
  • Jennings, Lisa. “Assigning “Lived-history” Creative Writing in an Upper-division German Course.” WAC Journal. Vol. 16. Sept. 2005. 61-69.
  • Olwell, Russell, and Ronald Delph. “Implementing Assessment and Improving Undergraduate Writing: One Department’s Experience.” The History Teacher. Vol. 38, No. 1: Nov. 2004.
  • Rael, Patrick. “What Happened and Why? Helping Students Read and Write Like Historians.” The History Teacher. Vol. 39, No. 1: November 2005.
  • Wilson, Virginia, James Little and Gerald Wilson. “A Newswriting Workshop for Apprentice Historians.” The Clearing House. Vol. 64. 1991.
Mathematics
  • Flesher, Tatyana. “Writing to Learn in Mathematics.” WAC Journal. Vol. 14.
  • Ganguli, Aparna, and Richard Henry. “Writing to Learn Mathematics: An Annotated Bibliography.” Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing: Technical Report Series, No. 5 ♦ 1994.
  • Jamison, Robert. “Learning the Language of Mathematics.” Learning and Language Across the Disciplines. Vol.4 No.1. May 2000. 45-54.
  • Kelly, Susan E., Rebecca Lewin LeDocq. “Incorporating Writing in an Integrated Calculus,Linear Algebra and Differential Equations Sequence.” Primus: problems, resources, and issues in mathematics undergraduate studies. Volume XI: Issue 1, March 2001.Kelly Incorporating Writing pdf
Nursing
  • Kyle, Gaye. “Using Anonymized Reflection to Teach Ethics: A Pilot Study.” Nursing Ethics 2008 15:1. 2008. 6-16.Kyle Nursing Ethics pdf
  • Oberlietner, Melinda G. “Responding in Writing to Clinical Cases: The Development of Clinical Reasoning in Nursing.” WAC Journal: Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 2001.
  • Sorrell, Jeanne. “Stories in the Nursing Classroom: Writing and Learning through Stories.” WAC Journal: Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2001.
Philosophy
  • Concepcion, David. “Reading Philosophy with Background Knowledge and Metacognition.” Teaching Philosophy, 27:4, December 2004. 351-368. Concepcion Reading Philosophy
Physical Education
  • Cucina, Irene. “Modeling Reflective Writing for the First-Year Physical Education Student.” WAC Journal, Vol.10: April 1999. 49-55.
  • Berhman, Edward. “Writing in the Physical Education Class.” Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance; Oct 2004; 75:8. 22-32.

Physics

  • Kalman, Calvin. “The Need to Emphasize Epistemology in the Teaching of Science: Use of Reflective Writing.” IHPST 2007 Proceedings.
Psychology
  • Drabick, Deborah, Robert Weisberg, Luci Paul, and Jennifer L. Bubier. “Keeping It Short and Sweet: Brief, Ungraded Writing Assignments Facilitate Learning.” Teaching of Psychology 37:3. 2007. 172-174. Drabick Short and Sweet
Social Services
  • Schuldberg, Jean, Lorie Cavanaugh, et al. (2007, April 1). “Fear of the blank page: Teaching academic and professional writing in social work.” Across the Disciplines. Vol. 4. April 2007.

C. Annotated Bibliographies of Books and Articles on Writing in the Disciplines

– An excellent bibliography of both seminal and contemporary research in Writing in the Disciplines, from the University of Toronto’s Writing at U of T website.

– Browse this compilation of recent books and articles on disciplinary writing instruction, prepared by McGill librarian Katherine Hanz. The document provides hyperlinks to the documents via the McGill library portal, but full access by way of the ýlibarary is in the works. Writing in the Disciplines Introductory Reading List for the McGill Inquiry Network




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