The design of the writing task can have a large impact on what your students do and what they learn. Topics for this session include setting expectations, selecting an appropriate genre and audience… read more about Crafting Effective Assignments »
Working with source texts is a key element of nearly all scholarly writing. Such work involves many elements including choosing sources, summary, paraphrase, quotation, and citation. Students'… read more about Working with Sources »
Visuals are an essential component of writing in many disciplines--from graphs in the physical sciences to reproductions of artwork in the humanities to maps in the social sciences. Yet students… read more about Writing About Visuals »
Instructors often spend considerable time marking student papers--identifying errors, making suggestions, line editing, and so on. But the long hours instructors put into this effort are frequently… read more about Giving Efficient and Effective Feedback »