Writing Attentive (WA)
Effective communication is the foundation of a liberal arts education. Good
writing involves good thinking. Writing is rarely a spontaneous act but
involves choosing the most effective forms, planning, drafting, and revising,
an understanding of one's audience, and knowledge of concepts as well as of
the mechanics of writing.
Goals
Writing attentive courses strengthen the connection between knowledge of a
subject and effective writing by assigning diverse writing tasks and providing
opportunities for practice and improvement.
Explain how the course meets the goals of the Writing Attentive
requirement.
Course Criteria
A course must meet the following criteria in order to be designated as
fulfilling the Writing Attentive requirement.
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Courses must provide students with targeted feedback across multiple assignments on the
form of their writing as well as its content.
Explain how the course meets this criterion.
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Courses must include classroom instruction introducing good writing strategies
for all stages of writing as appropriate; for example, brainstorming, thesis
development, drafting, revision, and proofreading.
Explain how the course meets this criterion.
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Courses must include various types of writing assignments appropriate to the
discipline, such as summaries, responses, annotated bibliographies, syntheses,
policy reviews, lab reports, etc., to allow students to develop effective
writing strategies.
Explain how the course meets this criterion.
Learning Outcomes
Students will meet all of the following learning outcomes.
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Students will be able to implement strategies for invention, thesis
development, drafting, and revision.
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Students will be able to utilize different genres (such as summaries,
responses, annotated bibliographies, syntheses, policy reviews, lab reports,
posters, etc.) that are appropriate to a discipline or field.
Explain how the course meets this learning outcome.
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Students will be able to apply the targeted feedback they receive from their
instructor on one assignment to the next assignment.
Explain how the course meets this learning outcome.