To help foster those skills, both the annotated answers and grading scenarios give students an opportunity to approach a new cognitive task from multiple perspectives. Additionally, both sections ask that students consider their answers from the reader's point of view, an extremely valuable exercise for recognizing the real purpose of exam questions. The other sections of this site are equally useful, providing clear explanations of various types of reasoning. In short, this Web site ought to be of interest not only to Rice students in Chem 121 but to educators across the curriculum. Workshops are open to all instructors interested in using writing in their classes, not just those teaching designated writing intensive classes.
All workshops begin at noon and last about an hour.
A light lunch will be provided. This session will sample the wide range of Internet resources available for people teaching writing in various disciplines. Among the topics introduced will be working with students whose first language is not English, locating archives of discipline-specific writing assignments, and dealing with issues of plagiarism. Time permitting, we will also look at ways writing can be used to achieve the proposed learning outcomes of the new GE program. Joining the professional staff of the University Writing Center and the WAC program this fall is Cynthia Marshall, who is replacing Scott Geisel as Writing Program Facilitator.