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WAC, WID, and Learning Communities Links


One more reading on FYC:
Crowley, Sharon. "Composition’s Ethic of Service, the Universal Requirement, and the Discourse of Student Need." JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory 15.2 (1995): http://jac.gsu.edu/jac/15.2/Articles/2.htm.

WAC and WID
The WAC Clearing House. http://aw.colostate.edu/resource_list.htm
Be sure to read "An Introduction to WAC" and then any other sources you think will help you.

Flynn, Elizabeth A., Remlinger, Kathryn, and Bulleit, William. "Interaction Across the Curriculum" JAC 17.3 (1997): http://jac.gsu.edu/jac/17.3/Articles/2.htm

LeCourt, Donna. "WAC as Critical Pedagogy: The Third Stage?" JAC 16.3 (1996): http://jac.gsu.edu/jac/16.3/Articles/3.htm.

Peritz, Janice H.. "When Learning Is Not Enough: Writing Across the Curriculum and the (Re)turn to Rhetoric." JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory. 14.2 (1994): http://jac.gsu.edu/jac/14.2/Articles/6.htm.

Learning Communities:
Poindexter, Sandra, Basu, Choton, and Kurntz, Steve. "Technology, Teaching, and Teamwork meet in the Classroom." Educause Quarterly, (date unsure) 32-41. (Request this article by sending me an email message, and I will send you a PDF file.)
Kevin.Brooks@ndsu.nodak.edu

Iowa State College of Education: Learning Communities Web Site: http://www.educ.iastate.edu/lrncomm/

Creating Learning Communities. http://www.creatinglearningcommunities.org

The Learning Communities Network. http://www.lcn.org/

Integrated Learning Communities. http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ilc/

Tinto, Vincent. Colleges as Communities: Taking Research on Student Persistence Seriously. The Review of Higher Education 21.2 (1998): 167-77. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v021/21.2tinto.html

Cockrell, Karen Sunday, Hughes Caplow, Julie A., and Donaldson, Joe F. "A Context for Learning: Collaborative Groups in the Problem-Based Learning Environment." The Review of Higher Education 23.3 (2000) 347-363. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/review_of_higher_education/v023/23.3cockrell.html

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