Thursday, June 18, 2009

Topic: Improving the Teaching of Writing

10-second review: How can teachers of writing improve their teaching? Teachers meet at one time to evaluate their students’ writing samples. Enables them to identify and discuss problems in students’ writing that need to be addressed.


Source: D Fisher, et al. Reading Teacher (April 2005), 656-666. A publication of the International Reading Association (IRA).


Comment: Useful exercise. It’s at least one part of improving writing—awareness of mistakes common to students and discussion of how to deal with them. RayS.

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