When we give writing assignments in in-person courses, students have informal opportunities in class to ask clarifying questions about why they are completing the assignment, about our expectations, ...

Writing is a valuable educational tool for learning. In the classroom, writing can help students grapple with and understand content more deeply and help students learn disciplinary ways of knowing ...

When writing assignments aren’t carefully designed and integrated into a course, they can feel like they have just been added on, and students don’t have a clear sense of what they should learn from ...