Category: Launching in 5-4-3
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RYW Chapter 2 and the Slow Conversion of a Cognitivist
Rethink the roles of affect and metacognition in learning writing I came to the “habits of mind” table late, reluctantly, skeptically, slowly, and perhaps still only partially. Like many conversions, especially the grudging ones, I had to follow my students to get here. The Decoder Project and Epic Fails Early in the course redesign…
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Three Sample Syllabi Incorporating RYW’s Reflective Practice Approaches
Rethink your assignments My first composition textbook as a new graduate teaching assistant was state-of-the-art—and a significant mismatch for the way I wanted to teach. That was the first and last time I used a syllabus that followed a textbook’s path for designing a writing course: Chapter 1 leads to Essay 1, Chapter 2 leads…
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Four Moves That Reflective Writers Make
Rethink the “post-script” as the model for reflection The fourth writing program that I taught in was at a school that required every class to have a final exam. What should a first-year writing final exam look like? I knew it wasn’t a typical “timed essay” graded on how well students plugged truisms into a…