Month: July 2014
Making Writers in a National Writing Project Invitational Summer Institute
Kentucky English Bulletin, Spring 2014, Vol 63, No. 2, pgs. 50-59 These findings support the idea that working in a learning community focused on writing has a long-term, positive effect on writers by decreasing writing apprehension; attending to the sources of writing self-efficacy; and fostering self-regulation. The results of this study provide support for…
Read More(BEG)ging the Question: Using Online Tools to Support Writing Feedback
With Alison Hruby and Brandie Trent Kentucky English Bulletin, Spring 2014, Vol 63, No. 2, pgs. 30-36 Effective writing feedback is an essential part of writing development. Without effective feedback, students do not engage in the “substantive self-assessment and revision” necessary to their growth and development as writers (Beach and Friedrich 231). Effective feedback is…
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