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From USA TODAY online article

“When courses provide extensive, intellectually challenging writing activities, the NSSE report found, students engage in a variety of positive activities. They are more likely to analyze, synthesize and integrate ideas from various sources. They grapple more with course ideas both in and out of the classroom. And they report greater personal, social, practical and academic development.”

“Faculty who encourage writing multiple drafts are also likely to emphasize approaches to learning that call on students to think critically and reflect on their learning.”

From the NSSE Annual Report

“The more importance a faculty member placed on preparing multiple drafts of a paper, the more likely they were to emphasize deep approaches to learning.”

“The amount of writing students do depends on the degree to which faculty members set high expectations for student performance and assign challenging work.”

“Results affirmed that when institutions provided students with extensive, intellectually challenging writing activities, the students engaged in more deep learning activities such as analysis, synthesis, integration of ideas from various sources, and grappled more with course ideas both in and out of the classroom.”

“According to NSSE, students whose faculty assigned extensive, intellectually challenging writing activities “reported greater personal, social, practical, and academic learning and development.”

“The survey’s findings provide ”further support for the movement to infuse quality writing experiences throughout the curriculum.”

From the NSSE Press Release

“When courses provided extensive, intellectually challenging writing activities, students engaged in more deep learning activities such as analysis, synthesis, and integration of ideas from various sources, and they grappled more with course ideas both in and out of the classroom.”

“These students also reported greater personal, social, practical, and academic learning and development.”

From Inside Higher Ed

“The report also notes that writing-heavy courses engage students in deeper learning techniques such as the analysis and synthesis of concepts from multiple sources. In addition, students in writing-heavy courses reported more ‘personal, social, practical and academic learning and development.’”