Santa Clara University

Writing to Learn

Writing happens in every classroom and for a range of instructional purposes. When writing is used as a mechanism for processing learning, metacognition, self-reflection, and problem-solving, this is ...
JSTOR Daily

Writing Centers and Learning Commons: Staying Centered While Sharing Common Ground

Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for other items related to this book. Introduction: THE POLITICS AND PEDAGOGY OF SHARING COMMON GROUND Introduction: ...
Forbes

Why Trying to Learn Clear Writing in College is Like Trying to Learn Sobriety in a Bar

Knowing how to write compelling and persuasive emails, letters, memos, pitches and proposals sets you apart from the masses, who are mediocre communicators. It is one of the most effective skills you ...
The Pennsylvania State University

Writing Center conferences offer experiential learning, professional development

The Writing Center @ Penn State Learning offers undergraduate tutors the opportunity to attend academic conferences, ...
Futurity News

Students learn better writing by hand

We learn much better if we take notes the old-fashioned way, by hand, and now researchers know more about why this is. “When we measure the brain activity of people who write by hand, we see that they ...
EdSurge

How Using AI Optimizes Instruction and Learning in Secondary Writing

Inspired by past educators, Aida Hadzovic has built a reputation for innovative teaching strategies for English. Hadzovic earned a degree in English education and later pursued a science degree in ...
KQED

When Learning How to Write Starts Virtually, Here’s What’s Helpful to Know

This school year, kindergarteners learned how to turn on and off their web cameras and mute buttons alongside spelling and reading fundamentals. Separated by distance and screens, kindergarten ...
Education Week

George Saunders On Learning to Write--and Writing to Learn

An indifferent student on the southside of Chicago, his only aspiration was to play in a band. It was a geology teacher that spotted his potential, and asked George to express himself in class. Joe ...
Inside Higher Ed

Learning to Write Is Hard, But It Ain't Complicated

Teaching writing ain’t complicated, but it sure is hard. The same is true from the learning to write side of the equation. There is no magic switch to be thrown where all is suddenly revealed and ...
umass

Principles for Teaching & Learning Writing in the Disciplines

Why should students take a writing course within the major? Because we grow as writers throughout our lives and we face changing writing demands in light of changing school, community, and ...
The Digital Universe

Learning to write in the Age of AI: BYU professor offers optimistic advice for educators

BYU professor Meridith Reed is optimistic that students can learn to write well despite the challenges of AI. In the following Q&A, University Communications writer Sharman Gill asks Reed, who also ...