Writting Across the
Final Research Paper
Writing
12/12/2012
Through researching different writing techniques I have come to realize how many different approaches there are. Everyone seems to have a different approach on how they feel students best learn to write. In the following paper I will discuss each of the techniques, how I feel that they affect students and I feel works best. I also will be discussing Graphic Design and how it is affected by writing research papers. Graphic design sections in books stores and libraries are filled with sets of average compilations of designed stuff. These publications contain hundreds or thousands of visual examples with little or no explanations. They, lack any substantial content that provides insight into the designs themselves. The viewer of such books walks away with an overwhelming amount of visual information and no understanding of the intent, research or significance of the designed items. Unfortunately though, design students gravitate toward such ensembles. Students are drawn to new trends and techniques rather than functionality and meaning.
The Writing Across the Curriculum movement (WAC) is a subfield of writing and composition that allows students to acquire proficiency in writing through instruction and practice in a variety of courses and fields. The writing-to-learn approach to WAC also suggests that through writing students can learn to retain and think critically about key principles and concepts in the disciplines.
Most WAC programs remain “…difficult to initiate, difficult to fund, difficult to sustain, difficult to institutionalize and difficult to integrate into the central role of the school.” Getting the program funded might be a problem if you have a smaller campus or a lot of smaller classes (287). If you have a larger campus you might not run into so many financial problems. This program is great for students as long as you can get people to support the cause and the bottom line or goal of the
Writing
12/12/2012
Through researching different writing techniques I have come to realize how many different approaches there are. Everyone seems to have a different approach on how they feel students best learn to write. In the following paper I will discuss each of the techniques, how I feel that they affect students and I feel works best. I also will be discussing Graphic Design and how it is affected by writing research papers. Graphic design sections in books stores and libraries are filled with sets of average compilations of designed stuff. These publications contain hundreds or thousands of visual examples with little or no explanations. They, lack any substantial content that provides insight into the designs themselves. The viewer of such books walks away with an overwhelming amount of visual information and no understanding of the intent, research or significance of the designed items. Unfortunately though, design students gravitate toward such ensembles. Students are drawn to new trends and techniques rather than functionality and meaning.
The Writing Across the Curriculum movement (WAC) is a subfield of writing and composition that allows students to acquire proficiency in writing through instruction and practice in a variety of courses and fields. The writing-to-learn approach to WAC also suggests that through writing students can learn to retain and think critically about key principles and concepts in the disciplines.
Most WAC programs remain “…difficult to initiate, difficult to fund, difficult to sustain, difficult to institutionalize and difficult to integrate into the central role of the school.” Getting the program funded might be a problem if you have a smaller campus or a lot of smaller classes (287). If you have a larger campus you might not run into so many financial problems. This program is great for students as long as you can get people to support the cause and the bottom line or goal of the
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