by Lauren Bender, Art History I vividly recall my first experience receiving feedback on my writing, when I proudly showed my father my first five-paragraph essay and asked him what he thought. A lawyer by training and a perfectionist by nature, he enthusiastically marked up the essay with a red pen, returning it to me…
by Saja Yim It’s hard to know if students are actually reading and using the feedback you provide for them on their writing. One indication of this, however, is seeing improvements in their writing scores across the semester, rather than viewing each writing assignment as an isolated occurrence. In my Elementary Curriculum in Art Education…
by Taylor Heid, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources When you sit down to write, do you get a flash of sweat and racing thoughts? Well, same, and chances are we are not alone. While some may have social anxiety when public speaking, similarly, when I sit down to write, I stumble across my…
by Valerie McLaurin Over the past semester as a WIP TA I’ve truly enjoyed immersing myself in the pedagogy of the program. The training has opened my mind to many simple but revelatory approaches to responding to student writing. In the past, as a TA for large intro level history courses, I sometimes gave into…