Delaying the grade: How to get students to read feedback — from cultofpedagogy.com by Kristy Louden Excerpt: This meant that I could return papers with comments […]

A couple of months ago we ran a two-week ‘Grammar and Writing’ course for teens (aged 14+). I was scheduled to teach these classes but, […]

Many are familiar with the editing tool Grammarly; however, not enough can be said about the variety of capabilities packed into this seemingly tiny tool! […]

Building on existing knowledge A key role of any supervisor is helping the research student to bridge the gap between the fundamentals about what is […]

In a new Request for Information, two of the most powerful groups in education philanthropy jointly seek "state-of-the-art" ideas to improve students' math, writing, and […]

Writing Resources from the “State of Writing” — from stateofwriting.com with thanks to Mary Bennett who mentions that this site is an “incredibly useful resource […]

One of the first things that both the supervisors and the research students need to remember is that although the dissertation is the justification of […]

From DSC: I vote that we change the color that we grade papers — whether on paper (harcopy) or whether via digitally/electronically-based annotations — from […]

When I was writing up my own PhD (in the antediluvian days before personal computers, desktop publishing software, or graphics packages!) I was given a […]

As I attempt to bring the semester to a soft landing, I thought that I would try creating a screen cast of some of my […]