Most professors would admit that they’ve found themselves frustrated when grading papers. Yes, sometimes those frustrations might stem from students ignoring your clear, strategic, and explicit instructions, but more…
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Often the articles highlighted in The Teaching Professor are examples of pedagogical scholarship that could beneficially be done in many fields. That is the case with this piece on…
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Helping Students Overcome Their Fear of Writing
April 7, 2014 Heather Jones
Most students in my developmental writing classes claim they “hate” writing. It’s a familiar refrain. But, it is less about “hate” and more about a lack of preparation in…
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Four Reasons Going All Digital Can Improve the Quality of Higher Education
March 10, 2014 Lynda Haas PhD
I’ve been teaching composition at the college level since 1984, and have had the pleasure of working with students at several different institution types: a community college, a private…
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Giving Students a Choice in Assignments Can Boost Creativity and Motivation
September 19, 2013 Elizabeth Betsy Lasley EdD
Teaching to students’ strengths and interests can promote creative and critical thinking. But requesting creative responses often engenders the exact opposite of creativity. “Just tell me what you want…
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Too Many Papers to Grade? Two Solutions
July 12, 2013 John Sturtridge
I mostly teach basic technical writing, and I face the same problem that confronts many of us who teach writing. It’s hard enough getting students to do the assignments,…
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Better Research Basics, One Sentence at a Time
March 11, 2013 Barbara Barney Nelson PhD and Scarlet Clouse
Breathes there a professor of any subject with soul so dead who never to himself hath said, “Today’s undergraduates are hopeless at research!” (apologies to Sir Walter Scott). It…
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Get Visual: A Technique for Improving Student Writing
November 26, 2012 Deborah Miller Fox
One of the ongoing challenges for my composition students is the task of narrowing a broad, generalized topic into a more particular, focused topic for a short research essay.…
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Informal Writing Assignments: Promoting Learning Through Writing
November 6, 2012 Maryellen Weimer, PhD
The Writing Across the Curriculum movement has successfully introduced faculty across disciplines to a variety of writing, including very informal writing that faculty do not necessarily read or grade.…
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Teaching Research and Writing Skills: Not Just for Introductory Courses
September 18, 2012 Kevin Brown, PhD
Most professors want students to know how to research and write in their fields. In fact, many degree programs now have introductory courses for majors with content that addresses…