Resources for Faculty
Resources for Writing to Learn
Resources for Preventing Plagiarism
Examples of Writing Intensive Syllabi
Writing Program Guiding Principles
Resources for Teaching ENGL 101, Writing and Rhetoric
Carleton College: The Writing Program. Carleton's curriculum is similar to Stetson's in many ways, and they have a terrific set of webpages.
History Professor Paul Steeves assigns an FSEM research project that students complete in sequenced stages, each stage with a clear goal, assignment, and outcome.
Resources for Writing to Learn
"What is Writing to Learn?" from the WAC Program at Colorado State University.
"Write to Learn" from University of Richmond.
Resources for Preventing Plagiarism
Bugeja, Michael. "Busting the New Breed of Plagiarist." 2000. Published in the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.
Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism "Best Practices," The Council of Writing Program Administrators
Harris, Robert. "Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers." 2009
Standler, Ronald B. "Plagiarism in Colleges in the USA." 2000.
The Plagiarism Resource Site. Although this website prioritizes plagiarism detection strategies more than prevention strategies, it includes some useful and free pattern matching software.
One of our reference schools, Carleton College, instituted a writing-intensive curriculum in 2001; part of their program is the Writing Portfolio. Click here to see the article about Carleton's Writing Program (from the American Association of Colleges & Universities and from the National Commission on Writing).
Johnson-Bogart, Kim. "Writing Portfolios: What Teachers Learn from Student Self-Assessment." Evergreen College.
Hesse, Doug. Portfolio Grading Standards for ENGL 101. from Teaching Composition, Urbana, 2005. (PDF file.)
Portfolio terminology. Nedra Reynolds, from Portfolio Keeping: A Guide for Instructors (PDF file)
Reflective elements in portfolios. Nedra Reynolds, from Portfolio Keeping: A Guide for Instructors. (PDF file)
Grading the portfolio. Nedra Reynolds, from Portfolio Keeping: A Guide for Instructors (PDF file)
Examples of Writing Intensive Syllabi
In Stetson's History Department, "FSEM 100-23: When Women Ruled Russia: Eighteenth Century Russia"
In Geography:"The Human Use of the Environment," taught at Boston College
in Anthropology: "Folklore and the Supernatural," taught at Texas A&M
In Political Science, "The Politics of Film," taught at university of Hawai'i-Manoa
In Economics, "International Trade," taught at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
In History, "U.S. History from 1865", taught at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
In Gender Studies, "Gender and War," taught at the University of Utah
In Education, "Sociology of Education," taught at CUNY.
In Chemistry, "Polymer Chemistry," taught at YSU.
Writing Program Guiding Principles:
NCTE Position Statement on Writing Assessment
NCTE Position Statement on Teaching, Writing, and Assessing in Digital Environments
WPA's Outcomes Statement for Freshman English Programs
Students' Right to Their Own Language
Resources for Teaching ENGL 101, Writing and Rhetoric
The Principles of Composition -- excellent collection of links, examples, guidelines
Rhetoric and Composition links
RhetNet: A Dialogic Publishing Adventure
Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
American Rhetoric: A database of the word and image in American history, constantly updated
August 2011 FSEM Faculty Workshop packet of materials.
April 2009 workshop on Incorporating Writing into Course Unit Classes.
2008 "Teaching Conversation" about teaching with writing. Includes example grading rubrics and assessment criteria.
2008 "Teaching Conversation" document offering an example rubric for a term paper in any discipline.