Students will learn how to hold themselves and each other to clear standards of readable and well edited papers. During this forum, we will discuss how to give clear instructions related to function and audience, and how to help your students consider the impact of their words on the designated audience. Writing can, but does not inevitably, provoke higher levels of thinking. While even summary writing can solidify and clarify understanding, writing holds tremendous capacity to stimulate more profound, insightful, and critical thinking in relation to the aims of any particular course. During this forum, we will discuss how to frame assignments so that they stimulate and elicit the kinds of thinking that is appropriate and effective in your disciplinary area.
Writing is seen as important by students in direct ratio to their instructor's approach to writing.
The more integral writing is to your course, the more important it will be to students. Both ungraded and graded writing should form a significant amount of the course work. The more significant the portion of the grade is devoted to written work, the more significant writing will be to the students. The links are here for convenience only.