Transforming Learning, Supporting Teaching: Resources for Writing Intensive Learning

Arts Studies in Research and Writing (ASRW) draws upon current research into the disciplinary dimensions of writing instruction to support recent initiatives in the Faculty of Arts. The objective of this ASRW project, Resources for Writing Intensive Learning, is to develop web-based resources for students, instructors, and teaching assistants whose courses use a writing-in-the-disciplines approach. These resources will be freely available to the UBC learning community. Resources for Writing Intensive Learning will produce four sets of resources:

1. an interactive introduction to theorists and theories of language-in-use;
2. video interviews with faculty members about their disciplines as well as audio recordings in which researchers demonstrate, using the 'think aloud' protocol, how they read scholarly and student writing;
3. an annotated database of scholarly articles about language, writing, and writing-intensive learning; and
4. downloadable, discipline-specific resources on scholarly styles and processes such as framing research questions, opening  knowledge gaps, and using on different citation formats.

K.B. Patterson, Director, Arts Studies in Research and Writing, Faculty of Arts
Janet Giltrow, English, Faculty of Arts
Rick Gooding, Arts Studies in Research and Writing, Faculty of Arts
Katja Thieme, Arts Studies in Research and Writing, Faculty of Arts
Anneke van Enk, Arts Studies in Research and Writing, Faculty of Arts