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- Title
One-Credit Writing-Intensive Courses in the Disciplines: Results from a Study of Four Departments.
- Authors
Deans, Thomas
- Abstract
This study reports on learning outcomes of one-credit writing-intensive (W) courses in the disciplines at a large public university where three-credit W courses are the norm. An evaluation of 210 final papers from four departments--Allied Health, Animal Science, Economics, and Nutritional Sciences--revealed that writing outcomes, as defined and measured by faculty and doctoral students the four participating departments, met expectations for junior/senior-level writing in their respective fields. Results suggest that well-designed one-credit Ws are viable, albeit with two significant qualifications: student motivation and performance are better when one-credit Ws are tightly aligned with a companion 2- or 3-credit course (as opposed to when they stand alone); and one-credit Ws can unintentionally trigger troubling labor issues.
- Subjects
STUDY &; teaching of penmanship; CURRICULUM; LEARNING
- Publication
Across the Disciplines, 2017, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1554-8244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37514/atd-j.2017.14.1.01