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Introduction
Laura Reave has recently worked at The University of Western Ontario. Her most current research topic is trends in writing instruction at Canadian universities.
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January 2014 - July 2015
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Publications (5)
Is writing instruction related to a quality university education? What can we learn from the efforts of top-rated schools to shape their curriculum to build the writing skills students need for success? This study examines the ways in which 28 top-rated Canadian universities are using required and elective courses to focus on developing student wri...
This review of over 150 studies shows that there is a clear consistency between spiritual values and practices and effective leadership. Values that have long been considered spiritual ideals, such as integrity, honesty, and humility, have been demonstrated to have an effect on leadership success. Similarly, practices traditionally associated with...
This survey of 73 top-ranked U.S. and Canadian engineering schools examines initiatives that engineering schools are taking to improve communication instruction for their students. The survey reveals that 50% of the U.S. schools and 80% of the Canadian schools require a course in technical communication. About 33% of the schools utilize some form o...
Today's managers expect employees to be able to contribute not just their labor but also their analysis and ideas, yet little training is provided for writing the major document that contains such ideas: the internal proposal. Business and academic textbooks, as well as academic courses, focus almost entirely on external propos als, which are most...
