These articles discuss concepts and practices that guide the practice of teaching writing, regardless of discipline.
Creating Opportunities for Writing
Collaborative Writing
How and why to have students write together.
AI Writing in the College Classroom
Addressing the widespread availability of generative AI tools that mimic natural language.
Supporting Students
Writing for Metacognition
Metacognition describes an awareness of this process: the ways we absorb, assimilate, and convey information and participate in knowledge production.
Supporting Multilingual Writers
Strategies to help multilingual students–and everyone else–succeed.
Giving Feedback and Assessing
Rubrics
Starting points and sticking points in using rubrics for writing instruction.
Making Feedback Matter
How to help students understand the feedback process as well as specific feedback, and how to equip students to use the feedback they receive.
Peer Review
How to design and structure peer review sessions for maximum effectiveness.
Multilingual Writing Feedback
How to approach giving feedback to writers who are still developing their English language abilities.
Alternatives to Grading
Helping your students become better writers does not mean that you have to assign a numerical or letter grade to every writing assignment.