Assignments

The team from the Department of Psychology consisted of faculty members from the Orlando and Daytona Beach campuses of UCF. According to the authors of this APA-style Research Proposal assignment, “One of the cornerstones of psychology is the ability to identify important social issues and ask questions that are addressed through empirical research. Psychologists need…

The writing assignments below were developed by political science faculty Kerstin Hamann (department chair), Peter Jacques, and Bruce Wilson, during the Fall 2012 WAC Fellows session. Scaffolded Writing Assignments for Political Science

The first pdf linked below presents a sequence of scaffolded and connected writing assignments for three courses in the core music curriculum. The sequence implements the idea that students learn writing best when they practice through connected assignments which build upon each other. The remaining links lead to other writing assignments developed by the Music…

French Courses (FRE 1121 and FRE 3300) FRE 1121 low-stakes (detective activity) and high-stakes (email) assignment sheet FRE 3300 low-stakes (short answer) and high-stakes (letter) assignment sheet Italian Course ITA 2201 low-stakes (blog post) assignment sheet ITA 2201 high-stakes (company advertisement) assignment sheet Spanish Courses (SPN 4505 and SPN 5505) SPN 4505 and SPN 5505…

Engineering Leadership (EGN 4624) Low-stakes reflection High-stakes reflection Leaders Up Close Seminar “Leaders Up Close” assignments “Leaders Up Close” assignment reflection Engineering Leadership Capstone Engineering Leadership Capstone assignments We Will Build a Set of Meaningful Products Build a Roadmap of Your Experiences Identify Your Lessons Learned about ECICD Identify Your Lessons Learned: Required Attributes Identify Your…

  FIN 3441, Conceptual Review Question for Exam 1. This writing-to-learn assignment asks students to critically assess the methods and techniques they use to solve quantitative problems. FIN 3303, StockTrac Project, Part 1. This case-based assignment asks finance students to present advice to a hypothetical client and justify their choices.  

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The writing assignments featured below were developed by the Department of Chemistry faculty Cherie Yestrebsky, Lei Zha, Erin Saitta, Emily Heider, and Tamra Legron-Rodriguez during the spring 2012 WAC Fellows Program. The Atomic Radii and Effective Nuclear Charge assignment is a low-stakes, “writing-to-learn” writing task which is a part of the “Freshman Chemistry Toolbox,” the…

Below are two low-stakes writing assignments and an excerpt from the revised high-stakes (lab report) assignment developed by the faculty from the College of Optics and Photonics. The faculty are currently working on a full version of a lab manual with the complete lab report assignment at its core. Once that manual is finished and…

Literacy Autobiography Assignment (pdf) Young Adult Library Resources: Printz Assignment (pdf) Two low-stakes writing assignments (error analysis in math and communicating test scores)