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You, Writing! A Guide to College Composition by A. Glynn, K. Hallsten-Erickson & A. J. Swing
Chapters go over the process of academic writing from defining an audience, finding a topic, through revising, editing, and proofreading.
Boundless Writing by Lumen Learning
Materials include online text, PowerPoint slides, quizzes, and e-publication. Topics include the writing and research process, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, discipline writing.
Writing in College: From Competence to Excellence by A. Guptill
"Students will find in Writing in College a warm invitation to join the academic community as novice scholars and to approach writing as a meaningful medium of thought and communication. With concise discussions, clear multidisciplinary examples, and empathy for the challenges of student life, Guptill conveys a welcoming tone."
Writing Unleashed by S. Priebe, D. Anderson, & R. Marman
"Designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as an extremely brief guide for students, jam-packed with teachers' voices, students' voices, and engineered for fun."
Three Modules on Clear Writing Style: Introduction to the Craft of Argument by J. M. Williams & G. Colomb
"Writers often lack useful terms for talking about their writing with peers, editors, and collaborators. Developing a vocabulary for talking about good writing simplifies the composition, editing and review processes. These Modules introduce the Little Red Schoolhouse (LRS) method and terminology and discuss some of the major strategies of the LRS approach."
Argumentation and Communication by MITOpenCourseware
"This Communication and Argumentation seminar is an intensive writing workshop that focuses on argumentation and communication. Students learn to write and present their ideas in cogent, persuasive arguments and other analytical frameworks. Reading and writing assignments and other exercises stress the connections between clear thinking, critical reading, and effective writing."
Reading, Writing, and Researching for History by P. Rael
"[The author] has divided the material into several categories: there are chapters on reading primary and secondary historical sources, the nature of historical arguments, the research process, structuring history papers, writing papers, working with sources, and editing and evaluating our own historical writing."
Writing in the Social Sciences by C. C. Charles
From the author: "...we chose this interactive online venue with cool tech we thought you'd enjoy: embedded videos INSIDE the textbook, lots of images and graphics, embedded quiz and discussion questions, even live links so you don't have to leave the textbook to go to a web page. Plus, you can read it on a computer, tablet, and even your phone!"
Writing as an Engineer or Scientist by M. Alley
"Your writing as an engineer or scientist is important for two reasons. First, the content matters for the health and safety of society. Second, you need to be able to write effectively to advance in your career. What might surprise you is that a large gap exists between what you have been taught about writing in high school and first-year English and what is expected of your writing in engineering and science. Through short films, model documents, templates, and exercises, this website tries to bridge that gap."
Technical Report Writing Guidelines by L. M. Akins
"This document specifies the recommended format to be used when submitting a formal technical report in a variety of disciplines and purposes. Also, this manual can be used as a guide to compose less formal reports, such as lab reports, that may consist of a subset of the items presented here. It is a useful general guide from which faculty can specify the particular requirements for reports in their courses."
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