Building a community around writing instruction at WWU

Mission Statement

The Writing Instruction Support (WIS) program provides direct assistance to faculty who are teaching writing courses or who incorporate writing into their courses. 

WIS has two main functions:  

1) provide information, such as about writing course requirements and about best practices for teaching and assessing writing;

2)  sponsor instructional activities, such as the annual faculty writing instruction workshop-retreat which serves as a foundational experience for those teaching writing, writing research fellowship opportunities for instructors and students to study writing instruction practices, and individual, group, departmental consultations with the WIS director on writing instruction-related activities.

 

Announcements

2010 WWU Faculty Writing Series and Residency - Call for Participants

Congratulations to the 2009-2010 Writing Research Fellows!

Raine Dozier and Kathryn Frazier (Human Services): "Peer Review Skill Development in a Writing Proficiency Course: Can Peer Review Really Improve Writing Skills?"

Margi Fox and Jennie Jacobs (English): "Examining and enhancing the effectiveness of peer review/editing workshops"

Ray Wolpow and Jody Bault (Secondary Education): "Assessment of Reflective Writing to meet Standards for Certification"

William Lay, Shanyese Trujillo, and Annemarie Curd (Education): "Efficacy of Interactive Journaling as an Undergraduate Teaching/Learning Device"