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Engaged Writers and Dynamic Disciplines Research on the Academic Writing Life

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ISBN-10: 0867095563

ISBN-13: 9780867095562

Edition: 2006

Authors: Christo. Thaiss, Therese Zawacki, Chris Thaiss

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An exceptionally thoughtful investigation of writing in the academic disciplinesone of the best I have ever read. A smart and elegant book. - Mike Rose, author of Lives on the Boundary How do faculty across the disciplines define the qualities of good writing? What assumptions underlie their writing assignments? How do students learn to write within their majors? Meet teacher expectations? Acquire proficiency in academic genres? Chris Thaiss and Terry Myers Zawacki sought answers to these important questions in their landmark, four-year, crossdisciplinary study of faculty and students from a wide range of majors. Their results will change your approach to teaching writing. Thoroughly…    
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Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 3/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Chris Thaiss has many years of experience in WAC program administration and development. Chris directed WAC at George Mason University for fifteen years and coordinates the International Network of WAC Programs. She has published extensively on writing in the disciplines and the teaching of writing. An article she coauthored with Terry Myers Zawacki describing the first phase of research for this book appeared in ALT DIS (Boynton/Cook, 2002).

Terry Myers Zawacki has many years of experience in WAC program administration and development. Terry Zawacki has directed the WAC program at George Mason since 1998, administers the writing center, and cochairs the university writing assessment group. She has published extensively on writing in the disciplines and the teaching of writing. An article she coauthored with Chris Thaiss describing the first phase of research for this book appeared in ALT DIS (Boynton/Cook, 2002).

What's academic? : what's "alternative"?
Faculty talk about their writing, disciplines, and alternatives
How our informants teach students to write
Students talk about expectations, confidence, and how they learn
Implications for teaching and program building