Transitioning from undergraduate to postgraduate studies A multistage evaluation of a discipline-specific writing intervention

This study attempted to address academics’ general concern about the steady decline in students’ academic writing abilities and impact this has on ability demonstrate their learning negotiate written tasks respective disciplines. The focused what can be done within a higher education institution terms of instruction develop literacy required enable students cope with demands tertiary studies specific disciplines, as progress from undergraduate postgraduate work. Given varied specialised nature discourses different fields study, discipline-specific approach was adopted facilitate familiarity conventions discourse-specific writing, produce effective appropriate texts for courses. A multistage evaluation design used measure potential intervention, there results which indicate an improvement abilities, well apply these subject area. Keywords: development, discipline-specific, course evaluation, education, centre