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Reid, Gwendolynne; Snead, Robin; Pettiway, Keon; Simoneaux, Brent – Across the Disciplines, 2016
While a strong case has been made for addressing multimodality in composition, the case has been less clear for WAC/WID and CxC programs and research. Studies of disciplinary communication have documented the use of multiple modes in a number of fields, but few engage directly with theories of multimodality or with multimodality in context of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Discourse Modes, Writing Across the Curriculum, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Johnson, J. Paul; Krase, Ethan – Across the Disciplines, 2012
The ability of college students to write clearly and competently, both in first-year composition (FYC) and beyond, is often questioned. This qualitative, longitudinal study examines the writing practices and abilities of twelve students, following their performance in their FYC courses to their later studies in Writing in the Disciplines (WID)…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Writing (Composition), Writing Across the Curriculum, Interviews
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Brammer, Charlotte; Amare, Nicole; Campbell, Kim Sydow – Across the Disciplines, 2008
To help writing faculty learn the language of discourse communities across campus, we conducted faculty interviews as a first attempt to describe knowledge about disciplinary cultures, specifically with regard to writing. Based on the data received from the interviews about disciplinary definitions and characteristics of good writing and how…
Descriptors: Interviews, Culture Conflict, Intellectual Disciplines, Stereotypes