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A Student Journal To Celebrate, Preserve, And Improve Beginning Undergraduate Writing, Ann E. Biswas, Maureen E. Schlangen, Heidi Gauder
A Student Journal To Celebrate, Preserve, And Improve Beginning Undergraduate Writing, Ann E. Biswas, Maureen E. Schlangen, Heidi Gauder
Maureen E. Schlangen
At the end of each semester, composition instructors at the University of Dayton (UD) collected portfolios of student writing for the annual program assessment, encouraging their students to return the following semester to pick up their folders of work. However, the stacks of unclaimed portfolios that piled up in faculty offices each year was an indication that students cared little about what they had written, perhaps believing no one beyond their instructor was interested in reading their writing now or in the future. Nevertheless, academic scholars have recognized that student writing improves—as do a sense of ownership and pride in …
Trips And Treks: Teaching Endangered Species Through Literature, Reneé C. Lyons
Trips And Treks: Teaching Endangered Species Through Literature, Reneé C. Lyons
Reneé C. Lyons
Are you eager to inspire the next Jacques Costeau? Discover how specific Sibert and Orbis Pictus Award winners are used in science-based lessons and activities.