Research Guides: Writing in the Disciplines: WID: Education

Videos

Writing Arguments

What am I arguing? Who am I arguing to? Questions of audience and purpose can arise while writing arguments. See what strategies these students and faculty use to keep their arguments clear and focused.

Documents

Case Study Outline
This handout acts as an outline for structuring a case study. The handout also provides areas to write in an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussions, and a conclusion.
Writing a Grant Proposal
This handout outlines the sections to cover in a grant proposal, such as: the cover letter, abstract, introduction, timeline, etc.

The "Mathematics Autobiography" for Future Math Educators
Margaret Wirth describes her experiences with having her mathematics students write. She chronicles both the good and the bad experiences, and how she was able to shape her assignments to have greater success in her students writing.
Writing in Mathematics
This handout outlines the different parts of a mathematics paper, such as the abstract, focus questions, and the appendix.

Presentations

Common Format: APA (Prezi)

This presentation outlines the different elements that fo into an APA style paper, detailing important aspects such as a title page, abstract and structural elements.

Writing a Literature Review - Synthesis (Prezi)

These are useful tools for making sense of an academic text, and being able to properly form them into academic writing. Examples of a dinner party and literature map help show how to have sources flow in academic writing.