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Help Your Students Improve Their Writing
- Guest Lecuture Guidelines
- Helping Students Avoid Plagiarism
- Teaching Students to Cite Online Sources
Designing Effective Writing Assignments
- Types of Writing Assignments
- Informal and Formal Writing Assignments
- Characteristics of Effective Writing Assignments
- Guiding Questions for Developing Assignments
- Assignment Description Checklist
- Assessing the Research and Writing Process
- Sequencing Assignments
Sequencing Assignments - Faculty Resources
It’s a good idea to “sequence” assignments—to have each writing assignment build on the one before. In this way students are encouraged to revise and rethink their writing and will produce better work as a result.
Tips for incorporating "sequencing" into your curriculum
- Include “versions” (i.e., revisions) of the present writing assignment as part of the next writing assignment.
- Start by “packing” a complex writing task as a series of smaller tasks. “Unpacking” the subtasks helps students understand the larger task.