Writing in the Disciplines:
Introductory Reading List for the Inquiry Network
1) Overviews, Background Information, Multidisciplinary Studies:
Carter, Michael. (2007). Ways of Knowing, Doing, and Writing in the Disciplines.
College Composition and Communication, 58(3), 385-418.
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Clughen, Lisa, & Connell, Matt. (2012). Writing and Resistance: Reflections on the
Practice of Embedding Writing in the Curriculum. Arts and Humanities in Higher
Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 11(4),
333-345.
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Donahue, Christiane. (2010). Writing, Speaking, and the Disciplines at Dartmouth's
Institute for Writing and Rhetoric. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An
International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 9(2), 223-226.
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Hilgers, Thomas L., Stitt-Bergh, Monica, & Hussey, Edna Lardizabal. (1999). "As You're
Writing, You Have These Epiphanies": What College Students Say About Writing
and Learning in Their Majors. Written Communication, 16(3), 317-353.
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Kruse, Otto. (2006). The Origins of Writing in the Disciplines: Traditions of Seminar
Writing and the Humboldtian Ideal of the Research University. Written
Communication, 23(3), 331-352.
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Melzer, Dan. (2009). Writing Assignments across the Curriculum: A National Study of
College Writing. College Composition and Communication, 61(2), 22-W240.
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Mitchell, Sally. (2010). Now You Don't See It; Now You Do: Writing Made Visible in the
University. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of
Theory, Research and Practice, 9(2), 133-148.
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Moskovitz, Cary. (2011). The Duke Reader Project: Engaging the University Community
in Undergraduate Writing Instruction. Liberal Education, 97(3), 6-6.
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Ochsner, Robert, & Fowler, Judy. (2004). Playing Devil's Advocate: Evaluating the
Literature of the WAC/WID Movement. Review of Educational Research, 74(2),
117-140.
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Somerville, Elizabeth M., & Creme, Phyllis. (2005). "Asking Pompeii Questions": A CoOperative Approach to Writing in the Disciplines. Teaching in Higher Education,
10(1), 17-28.
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0/1356251052000305507
Thaiss, Chris, & Porter, Tara. (2010). The State of WAC/WID in 2010: Methods and
Results of the U.S. Survey of the International WAC/WID Mapping Project.
College Composition and Communication, 61(3), 534-570.
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6703?accountid=12339
Zhu, Wei. (2004). Faculty Views on the Importance of Writing, the Nature of Academic
Writing, and Teaching and Responding to Writing in the Disciplines. Journal of
Second Language Writing, 13(1), 29-48.
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e/pii/S1060374304000074
2) Discipline-Specific Studies
Art
Apps, Linda, & Mamchur, Carolyn. (2009). Artful Language: Academic Writing for the
Art Student. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 28(3), 269-278.
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Barnes, Natalie Selden. (2009). Hands-On Writing: An Alternative Approach to
Understanding Art. Art Education, 62(3), 40-46.
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653?accountid=12339
Melles, Gavin, & Lockheart, Julia. (2012). Writing Purposefully in Art and Design:
Responding to Converging and Diverging New Academic Literacies. Arts and
Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research
and Practice, 11(4), 346-362.
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Biology
Armstrong, Norris A., Wallace, Carolyn S., & Chang, Shu-Mei. (2008). Learning from
Writing in College Biology. Research in Science Education, 38(4), 483-499.
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s11165-007-9062-9?LI=true
Ellis, Robert A., Taylor, Charlotte E., & Drury, Helen. (2005). Evaluating Writing
Instruction through an Investigation of Students' Experiences of Learning through
Writing. Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and
Cognition, 33(1), 49-71.
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740?accountid=12339
Ellis, Robert A., Taylor, Charlotte E., & Drury, Helen. (2007). Learning Science through
Writing: Associations with Prior Conceptions of Writing and Perceptions of a
Writing Program. Higher Education Research and Development, 26(3), 297-311.
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0/07294360701494310
Jerde, Christopher L., & Taper, Mark L. (2004). Preparing Undergraduates for
Professional Writing: Evidence Supporting the Benefits of Scientific Writing within
the Biology Curriculum. Journal of College Science Teaching, 33(7), 34-37.
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Liang, Jyh-Chong, & Tsai, Chin-Chung. (2010). Learning through Science Writing via
Online Peer Assessment in a College Biology Course. Internet and Higher
Education, 13(4), 242-247.
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e/pii/S1096751610000357
Moni, Roger W., Moni, Karen B., & Poronnik, Philip. (2007). The Personal Response: A
Novel Writing Assignment to Engage First Year Students in Large Human
Biology Classes (Vol. 35, pp. 89-96): John Wiley & Sons, Subscription
Department, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774.
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mb.4/abstract;jsessionid=344F5C4F45B2B96AEEF3F362DE43A346.d04t02
Quitadamo, Ian J., & Kurtz, Martha J. (2007). Learning to Improve: Using Writing to
Increase Critical Thinking Performance in General Education Biology. CBE - Life
Sciences Education, 6(2), 140-154.
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MC1885902/
Steglich, Carolyn S. (2000). A Writing Assignment That Changes Attitudes in Biology
Classes (Vol. 62, pp. 98-101).
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Yule, Jeffrey V., Wolf, William C., & Young, Nolan L. (2010). Emphasizing the "Literacy"
in "Scientific Literacy": A Concise Blueprint for Integrating Writing into Biology
Classes. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 36(2), 15-21.
http://www.acube.org/files/7913/5328/1098/2010_2.pdf
Chemistry
Dybowski, Cecil. (2001). A Course in the History of Physical Chemistry with an
Emphasis on Writing (Vol. 78, pp. 1623-1625).
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Gragson, Derek E., & Hagen, John P. (2010). Developing Technical Writing Skills in the
Physical Chemistry Laboratory: A Progressive Approach Employing Peer
Review. Journal of Chemical Education, 87(1), 62-65.
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Klein, Perry D. (2004). Constructing Scientific Explanations through Writing.
Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and Cognition, 32(3),
191-231.
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B%3ATRUC.0000024189.74263.bd
Parrill, Abby L. (2000). Everyday Chemical Reactions: A Writing Assignment To
Promote Synthesis of Concepts and Relevance in Chemistry (Vol. 77, pp. 13031305).
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Geography
Heller, Elizabeth, Christensen, Julia, Long, Lindsay, Mackenzie, Catrina A., Osano,
Philip M., Ricker, Britta, . . . Turner, Sarah. (2011). Dear Diary: Early Career
Geographers Collectively Reflect on Their Qualitative Field Research
Experiences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 35(1), 67-83.
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McGuinness, Mark. (2009). Putting Themselves in the Picture: Using Reflective Diaries
in the Teaching of Feminist Geography. Journal of Geography in Higher
Education, 33(3), 339-349.
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Summerby-Murray, Robert. (2010). Writing for Immediacy: Narrative Writing as a
Teaching Technique in Undergraduate Cultural Geography. Journal of
Geography in Higher Education, 34(2), 231-245.
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Walkington, Helen. (2012). Developing Dialogic Learning Space: The Case of Online
Undergraduate Research Journals. Journal of Geography in Higher Education,
36(4), 547-562.
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0/03098265.2012.692072
Law
Berger, Linda L. (1999). Applying New Rhetoric to Legal Discourse: The Ebb and Flow
of Reader and Writer, Text and Context. Journal of Legal Education, 49(2), 155184.
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e=hein.journals/jled49&collection=journals&index=journals/jled&id=165
Harris, Debra, & Susman, Susan D. (1999). Toward a More Perfect Union: Using
Lawyering Pedagogy To Enhance Legal Writing Courses. Journal of Legal
Education, 49(2), 185-202.
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e=hein.journals/jled49&collection=journals&index=journals/jled&id=195
Management
Bacon, Donald R., Paul, Pallab, Johnson, Carol, & Conley, Theresa. (2008). Improving
Writing through the Marketing Curriculum: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of
Marketing Education, 30(3), 217-225.
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Conn, Cynthia E. (2008). Integrating Writing Skills and Ethics Training in Business
Communication Pedagogy: A Resume Case Study Exemplar. Business
Communication Quarterly, 71(2), 138-151.
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Dykstra, De Vee E. (2008). Integrating Critical Thinking and Memorandum Writing into
Course Curriculum Using the Internet as a Research Tool. College Student
Journal, 42(3), 920-929.
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ect=true&db=a9h&AN=34262682
Forman, Howard. (2006). Participative Case Studies: Integrating Case Writing and a
Traditional Case Study Approach in a Marketing Context. Journal of Marketing
Education, 28(2), 106-113.
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5306?accountid=12339
Rieber, Lloyd J. (2006). Using Peer Review to Improve Student Writing in Business
Courses. Journal of Education for Business, 81(6), 322-326.
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Music
Brown, Judith Elizabeth. (2009). Reflective Practice: A Tool for Measuring the
Development of Generic Skills in the Training of Professional Musicians.
International Journal of Music Education, 27(4), 372-382.
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Pharmacology
Ablin, Lois. (2008). Student Perceptions of the Benefits of a Learner-Based Writing
Assignment in Organic Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 85(2), 237239.
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Moni, Roger W., Hryciw, Deanne H., Poronnik, Philip, & Moni, Karen B. (2007). Using
Explicit Teaching to Improve How Bioscience Students Write to the Lay Public.
Advances in Physiology Education, 31(2), 167-175.
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Pittenger, Amy L., & Olson-Kellogg, Becky. (2012). Leveraging Learning Technologies
for Collaborative Writing in an Online Pharmacotherapy Course. Distance
Education, 33(1), 61-80.
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Physics
Bullock, Shawn. (2006). Building Concepts through Writing-to-Learn in College Physics
Classrooms. Ontario Action Researcher, 9(2), 8-8.
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Gunel, Murat, Hand, Brian, & Gunduz, Sevket. (2006). Comparing Student
Understanding of Quantum Physics when Embedding Multimodal
Representations into Two Different Writing Formats: Presentation Format versus
Summary Report Format. Science Education, 90(6), 1092-1112.
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ce.20160/pdf
Klein, Perry D. (2004). Constructing Scientific Explanations through Writing.
Instructional Science: An International Journal of Learning and Cognition, 32(3),
191-231.
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189.74263.bd
Syh-Jong, Jang. (2007). A Study of Students' Construction of Science Knowledge: Talk
and Writing in a Collaborative Group. Educational Research, 49(1), 65-81.
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/00131880701200781
Psychology
Boscolo, Pietro, Arfe, Barbara, & Quarisa, Mara. (2007). Improving the Quality of
Students' Academic Writing: An Intervention Study. Studies in Higher Education,
32(4), 419-438.
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ect=true&db=a9h&AN=25970380
Connelly, Vincent, Dockrell, Julie E., & Barnett, Jo. (2006). A Pilot Intervention to
Improve the Structural Quality of Exam Essay Writing in UK Undergraduate
Psychology Students. Psychology Teaching Review, 12(1), 43-56.
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Drabick, Deborah A., Weisberg, Robert, Paul, Luci, & Bubier, Jennifer L. (2007).
Keeping It Short and Sweet: Brief, Ungraded Writing Assignments Facilitate
Learning. Teaching of Psychology, 34(3), 172-176.
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Goddard, Perilou. (2002). Promoting Writing among Psychology Students and Faculty:
An Interview with Dana S. Dunn. Teaching of Psychology, 29(4), 331-336.
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Goddard, Perilou. (2003). Implementing and Evaluating a Writing Course for
Psychology Majors. Teaching of Psychology, 30(1), 25-29.
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Parameswaram, Gowri. (2007). Inclusive Writing in a Psychology Class. Journal of
Instructional Psychology, 34(3), 172-176.
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Sociology
Edwards, Mark Evan. (2002). Writing before Students: A Model for Teaching
Sociological Writing. Teaching Sociology, 30(2), 254-259.
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Gordy, Laurie L., & Peary, Alexandria. (2005). Bringing Creativity into the Classroom:
Using Sociology to Write First-Person Fiction. Teaching Sociology, 33(4), 396402.
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Hamilton, William T., & Gilbert, Kellen. (2005). Using Student Ethnography to Teach
Sociology of Religion. Teaching Theology & Religion, 8(4), 239-244.
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1467-9647.2005.00250.x/pdf
Hudd, Suzanne S., Smart, Robert A., & Delohery, Andrew W. (2011). "My
Understanding Has Grown, My Perspective Has Switched": Linking Informal
Writing to Learning Goals. Teaching Sociology, 39(2), 179-189.
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Kebede, Alem. (2009). Practicing Sociological Imagination through Writing Sociological
Autobiography. Teaching Sociology, 37(4), 353-368.
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Massengill, Rebekah Peeples. (2011). Sociological Writing as Higher-Level Thinking:
Assignments that Cultivate the Sociological Imagination. Teaching Sociology,
39(4), 371-381.
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