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Promoting Student Reflection Through Reflective Writing Tasks, Elena Taylor
Promoting Student Reflection Through Reflective Writing Tasks, Elena Taylor
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
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Reflection is a necessary component of learning. Through reflective assignments and tasks, students are given opportunities to evaluate their learning and analyze strategies they use while acquiring and applying course material. Reflections also help students assess and think deeply about the information presented in class and thus better retain it. Through reflecting on their learning, students are also given the opportunity to formulate goals for future improvement. Reflective tasks can be implemented in any classroom, and writing is a powerful tool to do that. This article describes several writing tasks that …
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring 2023
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring 2023
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full-length Spring 2023 issue (Volume 7, Issue 1) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
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The Spring 2023 issue presents research and guidance on topics related to student self-reflection, participatory learning, and returning to the in-person learning following the COVID-19 pandemic. The first article takes a critical approach to understanding pedagogy with adult learners by involving students in the creation of course syllabi as a way to challenge ideologies related the roles of instructor and students. The second article blends research and narrative to explore how the experiences of …
Using Online Genres To Promote Students’ Audience Awareness, Elena Taylor
Using Online Genres To Promote Students’ Audience Awareness, Elena Taylor
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
Writing assignments that students complete in university courses are typically designed for evaluation and grading by the instructor, who, therefore, acts as the sole reader of student written work. However, most written genres students would--and do--encounter in the world beyond the classroom are composed for diverse audiences who influence writers’ text construction considerably. Because most students will be likely to write for multiple audiences as part of their career or future academic endeavors, it is crucial for them to develop a sense of audience awareness as an indispensable rhetorical concept that shapes composing processes. Writing online presents a great opportunity …
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 5, Issue 2, Fall 2021
Full Issue: Journal On Empowering Teaching Excellence, Volume 5, Issue 2, Fall 2021
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
The full Fall 2021 issue (Volume 5, Issue 2) of the Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
Five Instructional Practices To Optimize Peer Feedback Activities Among Adult Learners, Regina C. Rodriguez, Laurie A. Sharp
Five Instructional Practices To Optimize Peer Feedback Activities Among Adult Learners, Regina C. Rodriguez, Laurie A. Sharp
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence
There is a significant need for adult learners to improve their writing proficiency within a variety of contexts. Thus, postsecondary instructors require effective research-based teaching strategies to support adult learners hone their writing skills. While studies on peer feedback abound, little has been done to date to consider ways in which postsecondary instructors design quality peer feedback activities within their courses. The purpose of this article was to describe five instructional practices to optimize peer feedback activities among adult learners.