Nationally recognized Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) expert Terry Zawacki will be visiting MU on Wednesday morning, 1/27. This is our chance to run ideas by an expert. Terry Zawacki directs the WAC program at GMU and edits the Writing Fellows Programs section of the WAC Clearinghouse. She’ll be presenting at the faculty conversation/lunch before [...]
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Writing (Teaching) Tip: Metacognitive Comments, Anyone?
At the recent Writing Research Across Borders conference at George Mason University, I attended a presentation on “The Impact of Metacognitive Strategies within Writing in the Disciplines.” In a nutshell, having students reflect about their rhetorical choices definitely improves their metacognitive thinking and may actually improve their writing. Several University of Michigan faculty members presented [...]
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