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Hello all, these are notes and thoughts of what I'm planning to add to the wikipedia entry.

POSSIBLE ENTRY #1: Pamela Flash, a key figure in developing the WEC program, really challenges faculty into reevaluating their teaching methods to grasp their level of willingness to change. She makes a point to have faculty do some self-reflection and understand that undergraduate students and graduate students are not trained in the same writing strategies. Hence the construction of undergraduate writing plans. POSSIBLE ENTRY #2: The process in the development of WEC provides a space for equal dialogue between all faculty in all disciplines. One article suggests that WEC can also be integrated into the Performing Arts curriculum. Writing in all its forms is an art. It allows for expression, imagination, metacognition, translation through the body and music, the analyzing of works such as poetry and complex plays. POSSIBLE ENTRY #3: In 2016, Stony Brook University conducted an empirical study on their implementation of WEC, specifically in their Doctor of Nursing Program (DNP). This project, created by faculty for students, emphasized peer-review because it resulted in students gaining better writing skills.

ARTICLE SUMMARY: 1: In 2016, Stony Brook University conducted an empirical study on their implementation of WEC, specifically in their Doctor of Nursing Program (DNP). This project, created by faculty for students, emphasized peer-review because it resulted in students gaining better writing skills. It can be frustrating for faculty to grade students' papers as a whole because of the different styles and levels of writing; this frustration is shared by the students because it can be difficult for them to adhere to the writing expectations of faculty. The purpose behind administering WEC, was to push students to challenge what they were taught about good writing and for faculty to reassess and re-evaluate what they know about good writing. The students become mentors, sponsors even, to each other to boost self-confidence in writing. Using the university's writing center, faculty devised two writing assignments and had the enrolled students use a five-point rubric as well as university resources to help with their critique. An end-of-course QUALTRICS survey was then conducted to gather data. Students, faculty, and tutors reflected on the entire writing process. They found that the application of WEC as an academic program was sufficient enough to fulfill their purpose, though faculty are still developing it. Suggestions such as improving course syllabi, making writing assignments, rubrics, and learning outcomes more clear-cut came up. 2: Article 1: From the apprised to revised: Faculty in the disciplines change what they never knew they knew (2016) [7 useful models in article] faculty makes assumptions that undergraduate writing competency is the same for graduates (vice-versa) Developing of WEC Model Pamela Flash sought to "capitalize on reflection and divert resistance" (Maybe faculty feel academically threatened?); she gets a handle on the willingness of faculty to change their pedagogy/method of teaching/curriculum/instruction; Easy for faculty to forget that their students have different levels of writing competency Offering of alternative methods Understanding of clear and effective writing; explicit in descriptions of assignments 55 undergrad depts. enrolled in WEC Program Forming of "undergrad writing plans" because graduate writing levels are very different from undergrad writing levels in terms of training; writing abilities develop over time Article 5: Articulate Bodies: Writing Instruction in a Performance-Based Curriculum 1st article not about the sciences Integrating WEC into the arts WEC also focuses on creating, discovering, and using a language that can translate into practices, academic and professional. Making it a habit to challenge writing norms Writing as a form of art/performance WEC process achievement of dialogue between all faculty and across the curriculum/departments Nandrews2 (talk) 18:19, 10 April 2019 (UTC) Nandrews2