Writing happens in every classroom and for a range of instructional purposes. When writing is used as a mechanism for processing learning, metacognition, self-reflection, and problem-solving, this is ...

Whether you have a book or movie idea that’s been percolating for years, or you’ve tried to sit down and write only to hit a series of roadblocks—every aspiring writer needs some direction. If you’re ...

Does thinking about spending hours grading student writing fill you with dread? It doesn’t have to! Writing is an essential activity for developing higher order thinking ability such as critical ...

An indifferent student on the southside of Chicago, his only aspiration was to play in a band. It was a geology teacher that spotted his potential, and asked George to express himself in class. Joe ...

In a workshop to discuss how academic and creative writing are related, my colleagues and I spent most of our time talking about guilt. All of us felt guilty about the hours we had spent writing ...

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Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared on The Character Tree’s blog. When we were just a couple weeks into distance learning, I started to really miss writing workshop time. Over ...

Handwriting engages more areas of the brain than typing, which leads to deeper learning, better memory and stronger cognitive ...

At the end of every section in this article, you can read the text that an artificial intelligence predicted would come next. I glanced down at my left thumb, still resting on the Tab key. What have I ...