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Category Archives: Writing Process

Examples of class scaffolding and incremental, skill-building assignments for more complex papers

Commenting on Student Writing (1): Insights from Classic Studies

February 29, 2024

Commenting on student papers is arguably one of the most time-consuming parts of teaching writing, and can feel particularly daunting to new faculty. Where to start? What to prioritize? Are students even reading our comments? Yet, research suggests that giving Continue reading →

Posted in Faculty Readings, Writing Process

Business: Assignment Scaffolding

October 12, 2023

This example of class scaffolding comes from Dr. Abby Berk’s class, ETLW 403, Sustainability and Business. Students write a series of short assignments (professional thank you emails, industry analysis briefs, formal project outline) and receive varied forms of feedback (from Continue reading →

Posted in Writing Process | Tagged Business

Biology: Practice Peer Review Session

April 25, 2023

This in-class peer review activity was submitted by Dr. Sue Lowery in the Biology department for her Biological Oceanography BIOL 451 class. One of the challenges of making peer review a useful activity is getting students to offer detailed, specific, critical Continue reading →

Posted in Writing Process | Tagged Biology

Economics: In-Class Practice Literature Review Exercise

April 13, 2023

This in-class literature review assignment was submitted by Professor Alyson Ma from the Economics department. She uses this assignment in her ECON 497 Senior Seminar course. You can find detailed information about this exercise and download the assignment handout here. Continue reading →

Posted in Writing Process | Tagged Economics

Economics: Assignment Classification and Grading

April 13, 2023

This approach to classify different types of writing assignments was provided by Dr. Alyson Ma from the Economics department, and is used in the ECON 497 Senior Seminar course. Through a series of formal and informal assignments, her students have the Continue reading →

Posted in Writing Process | Tagged Economics

Biology: Synthesis Essay

April 10, 2023

This formal essay prompt was created by Dr. Cawa Tran and Dr. Kate Boersma from the Biology Department. Dr. Tran and Dr. Boersma explain how this assignment from BIOL 490 is meant to give students the opportunity to “practice synthesizing Continue reading →

Posted in Paper Prompts, Writing Process | Tagged Biology

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