How to develop undergraduate students’ literary analysis skills by setting different types of assignments

by Xinyang Li, Comparative Literature As Dr. Myhre’s WIP Teaching Assistant this semester, I am responsible for grading and detailing feedback for undergraduate assignments, consulting with individuals when necessary, and solving as many of their writing problems and difficulties as possible. In this blog, I will detail strategies for setting assignments geared toward improving students’…

The Annotated Bibliography: A Step in the Writing Process

by Andrew Craig, History During the second week of HIST 3095: History of Southern Food—the course I’m serving as a WIP TA for this semester—I asked students to complete a written survey rating their comfort level with different aspects of writing a history research paper. On a scale of 1 through 5, students ranked their…