Rachel Winn Archives

Aug 24, 2020
  • Rachel Winn

Writing Apprehension Across the Curriculum

The Daly-Miller Writing Apprehension Test is an empirically developed instrument used to measure both the level and type(s) of anxiety around writing. In this interactive, writing across the curriculum (WAC)...

Aug 24, 2020
  • Rachel Winn

Being Proactive About Plagiarism: A WAC Workshop

Very few—if any—instructors enjoy “catching” a student plagiarist, but, unfortunately, it is not uncommon. This workshop aims to help you be proactive about plagiarism by exploring different manifestations of plagiarism...

Aug 24, 2020
  • Rachel Winn

Building Better Bridges: Making Connections in Writing Across the Curriculum

Transfer occurs when learning in one context enhances (or undermines) a related performance in another context. (Perkins and Salomon, 1992). In other words, transfer is what we, as teachers, want...

Aug 24, 2020
  • Rachel Winn

Who Do You Think You Are? Unpacking Teacher-Writer Identities

Effective teaching involves a commitment to praxis: to critical reflection about our beliefs and values as well as the teaching practices that help us enact those values in the classroom. To aid...

Aug 20, 2020
  • Rachel Winn

WAC: Reflective Writing to Improve Learning Transfer

Metacognition, or thinking about thinking, is a crucial element in becoming an intentional, thoughtful, self-directed learner, and a more effective writer. Join us for this online workshop in which we...

Aug 20, 2020
  • Rachel Winn

WAC: Responding to Student Writing Online

Responding to student writing is one of the most important teaching practices faculty have in their toolbox. Yet if you’re like most teachers, you give copious amounts of feedback and often feel...

Aug 20, 2020
  • Rachel Winn

WAC: Effective Peer Review in WI Courses

As a teaching practice, Peer Review is often used once and then quickly abandoned as most faculty struggle to make it work. If you’ve tried and failed to integrate student...