When students are given opportunities for writing across the curriculum, they think more critically and creatively, and engage more deeply in learning.

George Mason University
Joined January 2014
What Counts as Writing? The Purposes for Writing thewritingcampus.com/2020/03…
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In our latest The Writing Campus blog post, we examining what formative feedback looks like, both describing its characteristics and providing examples of formative feedback statements. #writing #WAC thewritingcampus.com/2020/03…
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For this week's #tbt visit to The Writing Campus archives, we revisit Tom Polk's "Designing High-Impact Writing Assignments" based on research from Paul Anderson, Chris Anson, Robert Gonyea, and Charles Paine. #writing #WAC thewritingcampus.com/2018/02…
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#WACresource Looking for more on writing assignment design? See our handout. #writing #wac wac.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploa…
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¿Necesitas escribir en español este semestre? Check out our new Spanish language quick-guides on the writing center website! writingcenter.gmu.edu/guides… writingcenter.gmu.edu/guides… writingcenter.gmu.edu/guides…
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The Writing Campus retweeted
Don’t let poster stress ruin your Spring Break! Come to our Poster Making Workshop on March 6th to learn tips on creating professional-looking posters! #masonnation #undergraduateresearch #oscar #proposters
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#WACresource An excellent twitter thread on how instructors build writing supports in their courses. #writing #wac
What are some ways you build writing supports in your class? I know we have peer review, rough drafts, and writing conferences, but do any of you smarties do other things? Mostly curious.
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#WACresource Five research-based tips for providing students with meaningful feedback. Infographic by Rebeca Zuñiga.
#WACtip: Formative feedback given during the process of working on a task or on some smaller component or stage of an assignment is one of our most effective tools for teaching and learning. Read more about effective feedback at The Writing Campus. thewritingcampus.com/2020/02…
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#WACtip In "Writing Blocks and Tacit Knowledge," psychologist Robert Boice argues that the assumption of tacit writing knowledge is a major causes of blocked writing. If you expect students—undergrad or grad—to know specific disciplinary genres, teach how to write them.
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Style is not a separate element of writing, but rather inextricable from content and infinitely worthy of our attention. ow.ly/ptYr50yrEB4
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For this week's #tbt visit to The Writing Campus archives, we revisit Tom Polk's "Characteristics of Effective Feedback." #WAC #writing thewritingcampus.com/2019/02…
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In our latest The Writing Campus blog post, we explore the How, What, and When of giving effective feedback. thewritingcampus.com/2020/02…
#WACtip Before you set out to provide feedback on student work, consider the contexts governing your feedback. #writing #wac
Corder asks us to think of argument not as an adversarial act but as a cooperative act of sharing our emerging truths with each other. How might Corder's call for a commodious use of language shape the way we teach disciplinary writing? #wac #writing #love
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The Writing Campus retweeted
#ThrowbackThursday CF 26, Fall 2012 "Collaborations with other disciplines could result in deeper exploration of how students’ movement among different school activity systems impacts their self-identity and tool appropriation in each." -@jessielmoore buff.ly/2QwsxP2