{"id":5706,"date":"2017-06-01T11:55:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T18:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about-hmc\/?p=5706"},"modified":"2024-03-27T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:51:35","slug":"harvey-mudd-writing-course-model-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2017\/06\/01\/harvey-mudd-writing-course-model-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Mudd Writing Course a Model for Other Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While learning about the relationships between STEM disciplines through Common Core courses, Harvey Mudd students are also getting a healthy dose of writing instruction, including through the relatively new course, Introduction to Academic Writing (Writ 1). Highlighted in a recent <span class=\"char-style-override-2\">Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&amp;U) <em>Peer Review <\/em><\/span>article, Writ 1 is showcased as being one of several new programs at U.S. institutions that is helping improve students&#8217; writing ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-style-alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/PR_WI17_Cov_400.jpeg\" alt=\"Cover image of Peer Review, winter 2017, a journal of AAC&amp;U\" class=\"wp-image-5712\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Authors of the article &#8220;How Writing Contributes to Learning: New Findings from a National Study and Their Local Application&#8221; include Harvey Mudd administrators: Director of Learning Programs Wendy Menefee-Libey and Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness Laura Palucki Blake. They helped prepare the article and shared information about the College&#8217;s Writ 1 course, which was designed by faculty from multiple academic departments. This course is part of a campus-wide effort to develop writing and critical inquiry skills and provide students with effective writing strategies and conventions that apply across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/academics\/majors-at-harvey-mudd\/\">various disciplines taught at Harvey Mudd<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harvey Mudd College is one of three highlighted institutions that is maximizing learning experiences through well-designed writing assignments\u2014a strategy research has found to be very effective. The authors note, &#8220;By disseminating and promoting the use of our research results throughout their curricula, colleges and universities can maximize the additional learning that students in any field gain through well-designed writing assignments. The following examples illustrate ways that schools with different missions, students, and resources for faculty and curricular development have begun doing so.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Peer Review<\/em> is a quarterly publication on emerging trends and key debates in undergraduate education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While learning about the relationships between STEM disciplines through Common Core courses, Harvey Mudd students are also getting a healthy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":6884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,11,12,14,22,24,26,28],"class_list":["post-5706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-computer-science","category-engineering","category-faculty","category-mathematics","category-physics","category-research","category-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13029,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706\/revisions\/13029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}