Resources
The Center for Excellence in Writing encourages faculty to integrate writing into their curriculum in order to help students synthesize and transfer knowledge and get involved in the discourse of the discipline. Here are some resources.
Writing in the Disciplines Research
From the Council of Writing Program Administrators, a comprehensive set of materials for faculty and students researching the teaching of Rhetoric and Composition. (CompPile)
Instructional Support
Instructional support from UB libraries to assist in readying students for research projects.
Tips for Integrating Writing
Practical guides on responding to student writing and designing assignments that incorporate writing from the Harvard Writing Project.
A nice set of downloadable PDF guides from the University of North Carolina at Richmond to support faculty in the creation of informal writing-to-learn activities and formal writing projects.
UNC Chapel hill has a useful set of handouts for teachers incorporating writing into their curriculum:
Click here for support for teachers seeking to integrate more writing into their curriculum from Colorado State's WAC clearinghouse.
Resources for Teaching Non-native English speaking Students
The following ELL language guides developed by Shea Menge, former CEW consultant, provide assistance for ELL tutors and educators to understand and respond appropriately to cultural and language-based differences in developing English writing skills. These guides cover the six most common non-English first languages found in the CEW.
Writing Across Borders: Three Videos from Oregon State University
Writing Across Borders is a 3-year documentary project funded by Oregon State University's Center for Writing and Learning and its Writing Intensive Curriculum Program. The documentary's purpose is to help faculty, writing assistants, and other professionals work more productively with international students in writing environments.
Writing Across Borders: Part 1
Writing Across Borders: Part 2
Writing Across Borders: Part 3
Scientific Writing Resources
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The Center for Excellence in Writing (CEW) provides individual consultations to support you at any stage of your writing process. Friendly CEW consultants will help you at your individualized points of need or interest, whether it be devising an approach to an assignment, brainstorming, assistance with the research process, helping you to generate more material, assisting with citation practices, providing feedback on a finished draft, and more. The CEW also can be a great source of ongoing support for students who are not native speakers of English. The CEW currently has remote writing support appointments available seven days per week! To book an appointment, go to http://www.buffalo.edu/writing/make-an-appointment.html. If you have any questions, email writing@buffalo.edu