This was one of the opening lines an English teacher said to a group of us teachers gathered in the faculty room this morning. This might be the Holy Grail of not just English teachers but all teachers. I know as a science teacher I have thought the same thing with regard to lab reports.
Writing is not only a tool for communication but it is a tool for thinking and understanding.
There are a lot of questions that this brings up:
- What does the student gain from teachers commenting on their writing?
- Are there certain types of students who get more out of the comments than others?
- What is the place of peer editing?
- What are the other issues we should be looking at?
- How can we optimize our grading time and effort?
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