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Peer Editing As Learning Tool, Warren Cornwall Jun 2018

Peer Editing As Learning Tool, Warren Cornwall

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Structured peer editing of student writing provides a valuable tool for teaching writing concepts and skills. This write-up describes a detailed process for teaching and using peer editing in a journalism class. The goal of the peer editing is to help students understand and apply concepts and skills used to craft engaging and informative news stories, and to develop skills providing and receiving feedback about writing.


Using Reflective And Meta Writing Practices In English 101, Michelle Runyan Jun 2018

Using Reflective And Meta Writing Practices In English 101, Michelle Runyan

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This study examines the ways in which a low-stakes meta, reflective, and reflexive writing assignment has the potential to help students better understand the writing that they do in the classroom. This assignment allows students to think through threshold concepts in the course, to question course concepts, and to think through the areas they are struggling with. Additionally, students are encouraged to think through their own writing process and how the skills they learn in the course might transfer to other courses. Finally, it allows the course instructor to examine their course curriculum and to adjust lesson plans based on …