WID Study Group

Our WID program at Medgar Evers focuses on supporting faculty who are developing writing-intensive courses. Each semester we bring together faculty and Writing Fellows in the WID Study Group to discuss effective strategies for teaching and learning writing skills in the context of participants’ disciplinary areas.

Here is the Spring 2010 schedule for the WID Study Group.

Thu 04/18 – Spring WID Luncheon
11:30am to 12:45pm in S-307
Join past, present, and future WID instructors to hear what is new and upcoming in WID@MEC

Fri 03/05 – Session I. What Writing Means in Your Discipline
11:00am to 12:15pm in the Provost’s Conference Room, B 2015Y
Reading: Monroe, Jonathan. "Writing and the Disciplines" Peer Review (Fall 2003): 4-7.

Fri 03/26 – Session II. Low Stakes Writing
11:00am to 12:15pm in the Provost’s Conference Room, B 2015Y
Reading: Bean, John. Engaging Ideas Ch. 6: Informal, Exploratory Writing Activities.

Fri 04/09 – Session III. Scaffolding and High Stakes Writing
11:00am to 12:15pm in the Provost’s Conference Room, B 2015Y
Reading: Bean, John. Engaging Ideas Ch. 5: Formal Writing Assignments.

Fri 04/30 – Session IV. The WID Syllabus
11:00am to 12:15pm in the Provost’s Conference Room, B 2015Y
Reading: Woolcock, Michael. “Constructing a Syllabus" The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University.

If you would like information about joining the WID Study Group, please contact one of the WID Coordinators. See also the Resources page for WID Study Group materials.