Late at night, a student sits at her desk while the soft glow of a laptop screen casts shadows across the room. Outside, the city street is quiet, but inside, her mind is racing. Fingers hover over ...

Dan Melzer, associate director of first-year composition at the University of California, Davis, shook up the research on teaching college-level writing in 2014 with his book Assignments Across the ...

Feedback from peers and students’ reflection on their own writing have multiple benefits: they help students improve as writers; promote their agency, metacognition, and deep learning; and lighten our ...

The art of writing, invented roughly 5,000 years ago, represents a blip in human history. It’s younger than agriculture, music, and construction. And as recently as the Revolutionary War, a majority ...

Many students are verbally very reflective, but struggle to explore this in writing. This guide suggests a variety of tips you can offer them Reflection is an essential part of social work practice, ...

Near the end of 2023, a popular YouTube creator known as hbomberguy released a video on plagiarism — a topic often confined to conversations in composition classrooms. The four-hour video, “Plagiarism ...

For some students, communicating emotions to others can feel daunting. Fear of judgment or vulnerability may discourage open conversations, especially when trust feels uncertain. Journaling offers an ...

As generative AI becomes more advanced and accessible, it’s helpful to revise assignments in ways that deter unauthorized use while promoting genuine learning. Here are detailed strategies for ...

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of generating polished, grammatically correct text that meets academic standards, educators face a critical challenge: How can we teach students ...