Workshop Idea: “Teaching the Writing-Intensive Course"

We began tackling the incongruence of proof writing with the process goals of writing-intensive courses in faculty development workshops. At Dickinson College, those teaching writing-intensive courses are invited to a half-day workshop entitled “Teaching the Writing-Intensive Course.” This workshop draws faculty from across the disciplines and begins with a discussion of disciplinary genres and conventions before focusing on pedagogical skills like creating clear assignment prompts, designing an effective peer review, developing rubrics, and responding to writing assignments. After this workshop, faculty often elect to have follow-up consultations on course-specific concerns. ("Transfer and the Transformation of Writing Pedagogies in a Mathematics Course," The WAC Journal Vol 25 p. 95)