| Abstract: | Workers spend three-fourths of their time on the job communicating orally and in writing, but only 10 percent of all social science faculty members teach writing-intensive classes. Faculty members argue that grading is too time-consuming, class time is already full, students don't like to write and they themselves are not writing experts. This article is designed to help teachers overcome each of these problems and to reassure them that “your students can too write—and you can show them how.” As teachers, we are the standard-bearers: We can hold students to whatever standards we choose, as long as we give detailed instructions and provide illustrative examples. |
