Writing Assignments

 

"Writing for Learning -- Not Just for Demonstrating Learning "

Peter Elbow, University of Massachusetts , Amherst

http://ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/writing.htm

 

           Whatever kinds of writing tasks you assign to your students - research papers, essay exams, lab

           reports, book critiques, journals - your assignments are giving them a unique and valuable

           opportunity to learn.

          

           Peter Elbow discusses this varied set of writing requirements and strongly suggests adding "low

           stakes" writing to deploy in class to discover what kind of learning is taking place.

OWLs - On-Line Writing Labs as Teaching Resources

http://www.engl.niu.edu/comskills/

           The On-Line Writing Lab of Northern Illinois University is featured here with a connection to the

           "Links" page, which leads to assistance in designing writing assignments for any occasion from all

            across the country.

"Additional Writing Assignment Tips"

Patrick Nellis, Valencia Community College

http://wtscenarios.com/TRScontent/hmco/s100012content2_5/e2.r.2a.html

 

           The following are writing tips adapted from the work of John Bean. Like Elbow's, Bean's approaches

           combine writing to learn and writing as a demonstration of learning.