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Dayna Henry; Julia Sell; Lucy Bryan Malenke – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2024
The chapter describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of repeated peer review assignments in a health sciences program. Details of the assignment, quantitative and qualitative indirect assessments, and considerations for implementing this type of assignment in other courses are provided.
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Assignments, Skill Development, Research Skills
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Debbie Goss; Wenqi Cui – Composition Forum, 2024
University students can become overwhelmed and hopeless as they pursue their final capstone writing projects. They are also navigating trying times of overlapping crises such as poverty, environmental decay, and war. To address these challenges, our Capstone Writing Groups (CWG) are designed to develop students' writerly competence and enhance…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments, Capstone Experiences
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Dionne R. van der Lugt; Talia Smits; Loubna El-Yamani; Thom van den Eng; Maroeska J. Burggraaf; Ivo R. Horn – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
Writing is usually integrated in the curriculum of science studies. However, students often lack the skills to write for various audiences or, to produce a well written manuscript. We developed a concise project of 15 European Credits to improve the writing skills in an early phase of the bachelor study. Students worked on texts from various…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Undergraduate Students, Student Projects, Writing Assignments
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Kristen Starkowski – Composition Forum, 2024
Student writers labeled "underprepared" by colleges often have trouble imagining themselves as scholars. Challenges these students routinely encounter include difficulty forming original insights and translating ideas to the page. Although the usage of the term "underprepared" varies across institutional contexts, the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Developmental Studies Programs
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Gernatt, Joshua; Coberly-Holt, Patricia – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2019
Graduate students face writing anxiety and low self-efficacy regarding writing research papers. Holladay (1981) addressed the negative characteristics of anxiety in graduate students by writing: "They are frightened by a demand for writing competency, they fear evaluation of their writing because they think they will be rated negatively, they…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Anxiety, Self Efficacy, Research Reports
Rachel Schechter; Rumeysa Yucel – Online Submission, 2024
The insufficient focus on developing writing instruction in education is a significant problem. Despite the crucial link between writing and reading skills and their impact on academic and life success, there is a notable lack of emphasis on writing in schools. Writing A-Z is a digital-first program that helps teachers establish a writing…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing Processes, Writing Assignments
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Egege, Sandra; Vered, Karen Orr – Across the Disciplines, 2019
It is commonly accepted in the academy that developing a critical thinking capacity and related capabilities will make students more effective thinkers and writers, and that these are desirable traits for graduates to have no matter what path they take after graduation. While most academics agree that critical thinking is an essential component of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Abstract Reasoning, Inquiry
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Traga Philippakos, Zoi A. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to review the utility of think alouds in writing instruction and highlight the function of think-aloud modeling in the development of cognitive and metacognitive strategies that support learners' independence. For these purposes, modeling with coping is also explained. Coping models, in which teachers encounter…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Writing Instruction, Metacognition, Writing Strategies
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Judge, Andrew – Teaching Public Administration, 2021
Policy writing assessments are increasingly used as an alternative or supplementary method of assessment within the teaching of politics and policy. Such assessments, often referred to as 'policy briefs' or 'briefing memos', are often used to develop writing skills and to encourage active learning of policy-related topics among students. While…
Descriptors: Design, Program Implementation, Public Policy, Policy Formation
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Carnegie, Jacqueline – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2021
This article describes the use of feedback-oriented online assignments in large classes of undergraduate students studying anatomy and physiology to promote active learning, critical thinking, and effective written communication skills.
Descriptors: Assignments, Allied Health Occupations Education, Undergraduate Students, Anatomy
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Grady, Jessica Stoltzfus; Jenefsky, Cyd; Bayers, Leslie; McConnell, Nicholas J. – Assessment Update, 2023
Equity-minded assessment refers to a set of practices that collectively serve to understand, prioritize, and optimize the learning experiences and outcomes of student learners, particularly students from communities who have been historically marginalized or underserved in higher education. The scholarship on equity-minded assessment (Montenegro…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Student Evaluation, Culture Fair Tests, Culturally Relevant Education
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Anderson, LaKesha N. – Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2019
This article explores the foundations and the content areas that ground the introductory public relations course. Examples of two assignments designed to help students think critically, apply knowledge, and improve their writing skills are offered, as well as the identification of several challenges both students and instructors face and a brief…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Public Relations, Critical Thinking, Writing Skills
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Shafer, Gregory – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
We, as community college English teachers, have the opportunity to empower students who have been subjected to years of top-down, teacher-directed education. We have the obligation to make them critical thinkers, improving their chances of being thoughtful and successful adults. It all begins with the way we teach writing and the respect we have…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Writing Instruction
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Caviglia-Harris, Jill – Journal of Economic Education, 2020
Economists largely agree that writing is fundamental to understanding and communicating economics and can serve as an effective way to teach students to "think like economists." However, only a small percentage of programs include writing-intensive courses, a major research paper, or a senior thesis, and even fewer devote class time to…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Process Approach (Writing), Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Assignments
Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; Graham, Steve – International Literacy Association, 2020
Reading is seen by many as an essential ingredient for learning to write. Is the relationship between reading and writing reciprocal? Does the path to better reading involve becoming a good writer? The answer to these questions presents a paradox. One does not have to learn to write in order to learn to read, as learning how to write or type words…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Writing Skills
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