Are you willing and brave enough to stand up against injustice? Describe what you would do, and how your actions might make a difference. Students will read and respond to Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz’s ...

Describe a teacher or a classroom experience that helped make learning joyful and meaningful for you. Conversely, what message do you have for teachers and administrators who make learning tedious, ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Professors sometimes bemoan their students' writing skills. But how good are professors at creating ...

A recent study by researchers at Vanderbilt University finds that formative assessment—that is, ongoing, classroom-based assessment done by the teacher—can help improve students’ writing. Examples of ...

Two recent experiments highlight aspects of writing instruction that are rarely studied—or taught. Recent research suggests that secondary students can benefit significantly from learning how to ...

Each year, a select group of undergraduates are offered the chance to work one-on-one with Stegner Fellows in poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction as part of the Stanford Creative Writing Program’s ...

A fifth grader takes the New York State English Language Arts exam. Writing has been hard to test reliably, but a new approach called comparative judgment holds promise. (Photo by John Paraskevas ...

Students willingly embrace Google Docs as a new tool for writing, and the free online word-processing tool encourages them to make extensive edits and revisions. But enthusiastic usage of Google Docs ...