by Matt Bloodgood Throughout my educational career, I have always thought of myself as an effective writer. People told me I was an effective writer. Was I? Or was I just good enough to appear to be more effective than those around me? On rereading some of my own work, I lean toward the latter.…
by Alison Redman Last week, my students completed the first step of their big essay project—the proposal and annotated bibliography. In collaboration with my supervising professor, we gave them a degree of freedom in choosing their topics, but we provided the resources that would make up their bibliographies. On the assignment sheet, we had simply…
by Anna Allen Misconception #1: the more time and effort I put in, the better students will learn. Written down, this suggestion seems slightly more irrational than the same wordless notion I carry around in my heads from day to day: if I spend hours crafting the perfect writing lesson plans, writing assignments, and feedback,…
by Mallory Lind Due to the positivist standardized testing strategies of most schools in America laid out by programs like No Child Left Behind, many students have come of age thinking that making a certain grade is the only thing that matters in their schooling. This leaves students with a severe lack of intrinsic motivation…