http://cstw.org/WAC Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:26:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How can we encourage our students to engage with their peers when their attention has shifted toward their individual projects and final assignments at the end of the quarter? Once students begin to work on final projects and look toward Spring Break activities, their attention often shifts from active engagement ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=218 How can I get my students to pay attention to style in their writing? The MLA and APA have recently revised their style manuals, and it's a good opportunity to talk with your students about the stylistic conventions that scholars in your field follow. On the one hand, these conventions ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=214 Question: How might I fix the kinks in my writing assignments this quarter? What has worked for my colleagues? Activity Idea: Take some time at the end of this quarter to think about what writing assignments worked well and reflect on some of the challenges you faced teaching writing. Your ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=211 How can I find out more about what exactly my students are learning throughout the quarter? Evaluating student responses to formal assignments alone only tells us so much about what students are learning, and usually tells us very little about how they are learning. Informal, reflective writing can give you a ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=205 [From a workshop in 2008] Sponsored by Faculty and TA Development, Chris Manion and I conducted a workshop on how to effectively address grammar errors in student writing. Chris began the workshop by discussing the importance of teaching grammar in context. Next, as a group,we talked about the different kinds ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=156 As we are planning ahead for a busy Autumn Quarter, how can we provide students opportunities to get perspectives on writing from outside the classroom? Writing for the classroom is very different from writing for the workplace or other public forums in context, expectations, and effect, and students ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=195 How can we use end-of-the-quarter grading to help our students continue the learning process even after they've left our classrooms? We often talk about grading solely as a form of evaluation and judgment without considering the various ways it can help students learn. As we near the end of the quarter, ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=192 How can we help students utilize writing outside of the classroom that will benefit their in-class learning? Although we don't often think about it, much of our students' learning occurs outside of the classroom and when we are not present. All year, and especially in the spring when students want to ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=188 Do you have difficulty explaining to a student why s/he earned a particular grade? Are you frustrated by what seems to be a subjective and time-consuming process? How can you grade more efficiently and fairly? Grading student writing can be a challenging process that may initially appear subjective. However, there are ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=183 How can I get students to engage with library research projects more effectively? Students frequently struggle with understanding how to conduct library-based research. Developing skills such as searching topics in databases, evaluating applicable source material, and synthesizing information into an argument can be frustrating and challenging for students, and it ... http://cstw.org/WAC/?p=178