Description: Introduction Writing to Learn, Learning to Write Why This Book? What''s In This Book 1. Writing Across the Curriculum--and Why You Should Care Writing in College Writing Across the Curriculum and in the Disciplines Encountering New Writing Contexts Meta-Knowledge Working in Different Communities of Practice Teachers'' Use of the Instructional Design Model Putting It into Practice 2. Low-Stakes Writing and Why Should You Take It Seriously What Is Writing to Learn? Low Stakes and High Stakes Writing Academic Journals or Learning Blogs How to Use Academic Journals or Learning Blogs Forums and Dialogues Putting It into Practice 3. Microthemes and Why They''re So Powerful as Tools for Learning What''s a Microtheme? Unpacking the Microtheme and Other Short Assignments What''s the Form? What''s the Purpose or Goal? What''s the Level of Formality? Who''s the Audience? The "Structure of Activity" Critical Thinking It All Starts with Facts: The Power of Description Taking Things Apart: Analysis Putting It All Together: Synthesis Reaching Informed Judgments: Evaluation What Does It Mean?: Interpretation Varieties of Microthemes Putting It into Practice 4. Higher-Stakes Projects: Getting from Ideas to Text What Changes with Larger and Higher-Stakes Projects? What''s Transfer, and Why Practice It? What About Far-Transfer Situations? Exploring Your Subject Finding the Heart of the Matter: The Thesis Looking for Organizational Patterns Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff: Creating a Rough Draft Putting It Into Practice 5. It''s All About Revision What Does Revision Really Mean? Revising Using Yourself as Reader Top-Down Revision: Content Structure Introductions and Conclusions Spit and Polish A Grain of Salt Revising Using Your Peers as Readers What''s Peer Review? How to Get and Give Feedback Face to Face How to Get and Give Feedback Digitally Oral Response Revising Using your Teacher as Reader Revising with the Help of a Tutor Getting the Most from Evaluation Criteria Getting the Most from Online Resources Putting It into Practice 6. In Search of Research It All Starts With a Question Finding the Best Sources and Getting the Most From Them The Promise and Perils of Research Background Reading (Learning the Waters) Locating the Most Useful Sources (the Treacheries of the Internet) Thinking About Your Subject Headings (Deciding Where to Fish) From Subject Headings to Working Bibliography (Casting Your Net) Reading Like a Researcher (Examining What You''ve Netted) Primary vs. Secondary Research Defining Your Question Keeping a Log Reflecting and Analyzing Writing the Research-Based Paper The "Default" Audience Using Your Sources in Your Paper Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation A Few Matters of Form Documentation (Another Exciting Page or Two) Putting It into Practice 7. The Comparative Anatomy of Texts and Contexts Species of Writing Basic Anatomy: A Guide Rhetorical Environments Dissecting a Text Two Rhetorical Dissections Putting It into Practice Appendix: Definitions of Key Concepts Index

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