Online Handouts for Faculty

These handouts are offered to support faculty and help them to think richly about what it means to teach writing or to teach with writing.

Plagiarism: Helping Students Avoid It

* Plagiarism: What Is It?
* Helping Students Avoid Plagiarism
* Developing Plagiarism-Proof Assignments


Handling the Paper Load

* Handling the Paper Load and Evaluating Student Writing
* Strategies for Effective Responding to Students' Papers
* Embracing Contrary Roles in Evaluating Writing: Some Tips to Make Evaluation Easier



Using Writing to Facilitate Students' Learning

* Basic Principles of Writing-to-Learn Assignments
* Constructing Good Writing-to-Learn Assignments

Collections of Sample Assignments

* Well-Crafted Assignments for Informal Assignments
* Well-Crafted Assignments for Formal Assignments

How Can We Help Students Write Better?

* Helping Students Achieve Correctness

 

 


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