Writing Center Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 49008-5303 USA ... Teachers often worry about the advantages and disadvantages of providing students with a rubric for writing assignments. ...

But with the more lenient definition of writing assignments, ... But the numbers are troubling, Mr. Arum says, because of a pattern he and Ms. Roksa found in their national study.

One wrinkle: Writing only about personal heroes or big life challenges isn’t as effective as other types of assignments for teaching students the reasoning and critical thinking skills that good ...

By situating writing assignments in a sequence, you can write holistic feedback that helps students reflect on what they’ve done well in one assignment, and how that can help them in the next one. ...

A similar pattern emerges for multimedia or mixed media assignments, with English (84%) and history/social studies (82%) teachers most likely and math teachers least likely (51%) to have given their ...

Mastering adjectives and adverbs is crucial for vivid and engaging writing. Many students struggle with this concept, leading to awkward prose and undermining their credibility. Adjectives describe ...

“When everyone else was afraid that AI was going to hijack writing from students,” remembers Kaufer, “We said, ‘Well if we can restrain AI, then AI can reduce many of the remedial tasks of ...

In February Howe Writing Across the Curriculum partnered with Howe Writing Center consultants to present a workshop series on Assignment Design, focusing on clarity, audience, and accessibility. Led ...

It’s unclear how many students have caught on to AI’s power to emulate their writing yet. Sell doesn’t expect many of his students to have “the wherewithal to do that”—at least not yet.