Writing
Instruction Workshops
To
help faculty in addressing questions about the teaching
of writing, we would be happy to schedule a workshop
on any of these topics:
•
Reflecting on writing goals and designing assignments
to meet them: Assists faculty in making explicit their
own goals and standards for student writing. Explores
the potential uses of writing to achieve learning
goals. Helps in the design of assignments directly
linked with learning goals and feasible in terms of
time to assign and evaluate.
• Responding to student writing: Brings faculty
together to read and discuss sample student writing,
and to share opinions about criteria for excellence
in discipline-specific genres. Introduces faculty
to various kinds of response, including strategies
for time-efficient evaluation and grading.
•
Writing assignments for high-enrollment classes: Introduces
a range of short writing assignments designed for
large lecture sections. Emphasizes uses of writing
for communication between students and teacher and
for student reflection on course material.
• Process writing and peer editing: Introduces
process-writing practices, including sequencing short
writing assignments and breaking longer projects into
small parts. Also presents ways to use collaborative
peer groups to manage process writing effectively.
•
Collecting print and electronic resources for researching
and writing in specific fields: Enables faculty to
share resources for student research and discover
new sourcesósome geared toward the teaching of writing
in specific disciplines and others created especially
for students.
In
addition to group workshops, we would be happy to
meet with individual faculty members, administrators,
TAs or students in one-on-one consultations.
Upcoming
Workshops
Past
Workshops
