Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...

Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. One of you will then write the ...

Journals have become a popular format in recent years for courses that require some writing. In-class journal entries can spark discussions and reveal gaps in students' understanding of the material.

トフレの葛山（かつらやま）です。 前回の記事では、ETSスタッフが新TOEFLのWritingセクションに関するワークショップで「評価点5（満点）」として紹介したサンプル回答を、3つのAI（ChatGPT、Claude、Gemini）に評価してもらったところ、非常に興味深い結果に ...

Now let's look at the Assignment-writing. Assignment-writing is done in class time and you will be given time to do this. Here are the steps. Just like Directed Writing, Assignment-writing has 20 ...

There are a number of different ways to structure your assignment. Different teachers will recommend different ways. Whichever way you choose your assignment must be written in a report style not an ...

At a recent conference on teaching in higher education, I attended a session on ChatGPT. The session organizers, a team from the University of Central Florida, began by asking us to position ourselves ...

Travis Grandy is a PhD student in Composition and Rhetoric at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Find him on Twitter @travisgrandy or at his website. I work with a lot of instructors who use ...