Thoughts that resonated with me from Chapter 7: "The Development of Writing Ability: Some Myths About Evaluation and Improvement", written by Lil Brannon
This article advocates for the use of writing across the curriculum as it tackles the central question: How do we measure the 'improvement' of student writers?
This was illuminating to me: "The most debilitating illusion associated with writing instruction is the belief that teachers can, or at least ought to be able to, control writers' maturation, causing it to occur as the explicit consequence of something they do or ought to do" (165). How many times have I thought to myself, 'Well, we covered that in class last week...you should know that by now!?"
More to come...
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