by Cameron Steuart At this point in the year, the students in my Music in the Twentieth-Century course are just getting started with the first assignment that will eventually build to an end-of-term paper. For this component, they have to provide me with a topic and an abstract that is focused on methodology. In anticipation…
by Austin Becker As the semester comes to an end, I find myself reflecting on the experiences I’ve had over the past few months in the WIP Program. I realize that I have come a long way in this program, but so have some of the students in the two classes that I served as a…
by Evelyn Saavedra Autry Consider a graded paper covered in red marks, hard-to-read comments, squiggly lines, and cross-outs. What does it tell you about the grader? What does it represent to the student? What are the benefits for both the student and the teacher? I must confess, I am responsible for this sort of annihilation…
by Jake Knox Working as a WIP TA has been a wonderful opportunity for me to really explore my beliefs about teaching. More than anything I think this experience has shown me the value of personal connections in the learning process. I’m working with two courses—ecology and fish/wildlife management—and doing both essay edits and conferences for…