(This is the last post in a four-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here and Part Three here.) The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is the biggest mistake teachers make in writing ...

Writing is a deeply personal act. From process to deadlines, no two people approach writing in the exact same way. Take, for instance, environment. While some people prefer to write in complete ...

At Smith, we believe writing is a crucial tool in all disciplines and that, as experts in their field, faculty are ideally positioned to teach it across the curriculum. Teaching students how to convey ...

Experts tend to complete writing tasks more quickly than novices by combining or skipping steps due to years of practice and mastery. Our students often come to us as novices who are still learning ...

Recent scholarly efforts have advanced our understanding of writing instruction by examining both the cognitive and motivational dimensions that underpin student development. Research in this area has ...

English language learners are the largest subgroup of adults enrolled in adult education programs. Although often treated as a monolithic category, their instructional needs vary dramatically. Some ...

As a writing across the curriculum scholar and programmer, I’ve been talking about artificial intelligence writing tools a lot lately. I’ve heard it all, from the woes and worries of students using ...

A survey of 2,462 Advanced Placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers finds that digital technologies are shaping student writing in myriad ways and have also become helpful tools for ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is the biggest mistake teachers make in writing instruction, and what should they do instead? We teachers make lots of mistakes in writing instruction. Just ...

Mastery of reading requires developing its highly interrelated major component skills: decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. These components are discussed separately below, but they work ...