The Plague of Poor Student Writing: USU Writing Center Directors Reveal the Solution in Assignment Description
Start Date
8-15-2018 12:00 AM
Description
Despite a professor’s carefully crafted lectures, students regularly do not meet expectations in writing assignments—but it might not be all their fault. Writing assignments require students to articulately apply critical thinking skills to a content area, but this complex task becomes more challenging when instructions range from confusingly vague to overbearingly complex. Frustrated students throw up their hands and settle for a half-hearted effort, and professors become increasingly frustrated. The key to breaking this cycle of frustration lies in clear, concise, goal-driven assignment descriptions. In this hands-on presentation, attendees will learn the art and science of assignment descriptions that encourage the student’s best writing, allowing for more accurate assessment of content knowledge.
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The Plague of Poor Student Writing: USU Writing Center Directors Reveal the Solution in Assignment Description
Despite a professor’s carefully crafted lectures, students regularly do not meet expectations in writing assignments—but it might not be all their fault. Writing assignments require students to articulately apply critical thinking skills to a content area, but this complex task becomes more challenging when instructions range from confusingly vague to overbearingly complex. Frustrated students throw up their hands and settle for a half-hearted effort, and professors become increasingly frustrated. The key to breaking this cycle of frustration lies in clear, concise, goal-driven assignment descriptions. In this hands-on presentation, attendees will learn the art and science of assignment descriptions that encourage the student’s best writing, allowing for more accurate assessment of content knowledge.