Listen "Writing Better Writing Assignments"
Episode Synopsis
Complaints about student writing are embedded in faculty conversations across disciplines. What if the issues with student writing, though, are not their fault, but ours instead? In this episode, Allison Rank and Heather Pool join us to share suggestions about writing better writing prompts that provide student with explicit expectations.
Allison Rank is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego and Dr. Heather Pool is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Denison University.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Allison Rank is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Oswego and Dr. Heather Pool is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Denison University.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
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