1. Instructional Strategies for Emphasizing Writing in the Classroom
presented by
Judith M. Davis, Director
Writing Technology Laboratory
Hampton University Faculty Institute
January 7, 2003

2. First ask:
Who?
What?
Why?
When/where?
How?

3. Who needs to write? Faculty Students
All college educated professionals

4. What do we write?
Faculty
Students
Disciplinary professionals

5. What types of writing? abstracts case studies essays “research” papers
“term” papers
lab reports
articles
reading responses
journals
literature reviews
scripts
arguments
analyses
instructions
process descriptions
essay tests

6. Why write? To express oneself To learn material
To demonstrate knowledge
To communicate ideas
To persuade others

7. When and where do we write?
In-class
Out-of-Class

8. How do we write? FluencyFormCorrectness Planning Revising
Drafting Editing
Cognitively
Collaboratively
Competence errors
Performance errors

9. How can we best incorporate writing into our courses?
Define goals and objectives (course and assignments)
Break up large projects
Sequence assignments for increasing mastery
Plan some assignments that allow students to “write to learn”
Schedule preliminary assignments leading up to a large project

10. How can we best incorporate writing into our courses?
Consider how the project(s) will be evaluated (both as individual assignments and in the broader context of the course grade)
Put assignments in writing and include evaluation criteria on the assignment sheet
Encourage students to use the Writing Technology Laboratory