by Xinyang Li, Comparative Literature As Dr. Myhre’s WIP Teaching Assistant this semester, I am responsible for grading and detailing feedback for undergraduate assignments, consulting with individuals when necessary, and solving as many of their writing problems and difficulties as possible. In this blog, I will detail strategies for setting assignments geared toward improving students’…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Jihee Kang, Art Education When the summer temperature in Athens is scorching hot, reaching its peak to prevent people from going outside in the middle of the day, the fall semester starts. As one usually does, you accessed eLC (the online learning system of UGA), which might not have been done during the summer…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Addi Gilreath, Biology I can think back to the exact moment of the night before my first lab; the nerves were unsettling. Being a first-year biology GLA (Graduate Learning Assistant), I felt rather out of water. Many of my colleagues were pursuing advanced degree plans in STEM fields such as chemistry and biology, while…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Brant Clark, Mathematics MATH 3200—Introduction to Higher Mathematics. It is at this point that a young mathematician in training enters the realm of “real” math; all else prior is adding numbers together more or less. We learn how to prove, without a doubt, if a statement is true or not. This is a critical…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Andrew Mosbo, Statistics There will be many obstacles that one will encounter when writing a statistical report or article with others. Of course, some of these issues apply to any type of writing, while others will also apply when writing solo. In STAT5020W, several groups of three-to-four students must write reports by the end…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Seaira Lett, Linguistics There are many misconceptions about the field of linguistics. People tend to lump it in with the humanities, assuming that it must be similar to literature or modern languages and cultures. Even if you explain linguistics as “the scientific study of language,” this does not mean much to people who have…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Dahlen Elstran, Mathematics Oftentimes, students consider themselves humanities or STEM students, and the two are mutually exclusive; you’re either good at writing, or you’re good at math. I had the same outlook when I entered my undergraduate degree in Mathematics. I assumed I would simply be doing computational math, and that I would never…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Dillon Snyder, Mathematics Entering college, many undergraduates have experienced some form of writing during their secondary education. Students pursuing a mathematics degree have also certainly engaged with mathematics before college. However, a required aspect of being a mathematics major is the fusion of writing with mathematics. This usually first occurs in a course which…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Lauren Bender, Art History I vividly recall my first experience receiving feedback on my writing, when I proudly showed my father my first five-paragraph essay and asked him what he thought. A lawyer by training and a perfectionist by nature, he enthusiastically marked up the essay with a red pen, returning it to me…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program
by Valerio Palamara, Mathematics Math is hard! Most students have shared this point of view at some point in their education, and it’s important to examine the causes of this problematic approach and understand what these can entail for us prospective instructors in this field. The amount of difficulty we experience with this subject primarily…Read More| The Writing Intensive Program