Improving Writing in History Survey Courses College of Arts and Sciences - $18,000
Leen-kiat Soh (Computer Science and Engineering), Will Thomas (History) and June Griffin (English)
The project will redesign an introductory survey history course (History 202) to include writing as a central component of learning. Technology will be used to offer students explicit instruction in disciplinary conventions and habits of mind, and then give them ample opportunities to practice writing in specific context. Nearly 2,000 students from all academic colleges take this course each spring semester. The aim is to help first-year students improve their college-level writing skills. The plan is to develop a model that would work across humanities and social science courses.
