The following is a guide to successful writing both in the English department and other departments at Calvin University. The first portion of the document describes the characteristics of good ...

Effective writing is readable — that is, clear, accurate, and concise. When you are writing a paper, try to get your ideas across in such a way that the audience will understand them ...

Writing is a valuable educational tool for learning. In the classroom, writing can help students grapple with and understand content more deeply and help students learn disciplinary ways of knowing ...

Effective academic writing at Hope College should be characterized by eleven key qualities, regardless of paper type (whether lab report, reader response, personal reflection, memo, term paper, ...

All WI courses meet these student learning outcomes: Students will undertake an effective writing process, making informed decisions about their writing with input from their instructor. Students will ...

As such, scientists need to practice and develop their writing skills—from grammar and syntax to storytelling and narrative—to convey their message to in-field peers and the general public. Why ...

Correct reporting with both words and numbers is at the basis of the accounting discipline. This resource highlights the common writing issues of accounting students and the impact these issues have ...

Writing Across the Curriculum (or WAC) is a pedagogical movement that has flourished at colleges and universities across the US for more than 40 years. Throughout its history, WAC has shown that ...