Workshop Series: Teaching the Writers in Your Classes - Scaffolding Writing

Day	Friday, December 03
Time	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Where	Learning Studio, LN-1324C

Join the Center for Learning and Teaching for the final session of a three-part workshop series: Teaching the Writers in Your Classes. In this workshop, you'll explore how to create a scaffold for writing in your course that supports the goals you have for student writers. We'll discuss a mix of formal and informal assignments that give the students a chance to practice component skills and that gives students a chance to get feedback early as they work towards major assignments.

This series shares best practices and principles of writing instruction that you can apply to courses in your discipline and will address the nuts and bolts of writing instruction itself, such as assignments, offering feedback and managing the paper load. This is writing instruction in the context of research into student learning, so that we can investigate how you might integrate writing as a tool for learning and inquiry into the design of your course. The workshops are designed to open up a discussion about the particulars of your discipline and the goals you have for students at different levels in your major. 

You can attend individual workshops, or attend the series. Robert Danberg, coordinator of campus-wide writing support, will also be available to consult with you about your own goals and assignments.

Register here