Helping students write well
Subtitle: a guide for teachers in all disciplines
By: Barbara E. Fassler Walvoord.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Academic writing -- Study and teaching
Description: 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 aids. Helping 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.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [241]-245.
Includes index.