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    Conferencing with Students About Group Writing Assignments

      Julie Collins, Biology 151/152 Conferencing with groups of student writers working collaboratively on writing assignments has its own challenges, and there are multiple ways you can ensure that students are motivated to participate in …

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    Preparing for Student-Teacher Conferences

      Writing Across the Curriculum Example #1 NAME: APPOINTMENT DAY AND TIME: Class is cancelled Monday, October 2, and Wednesday, October 4 in order to make time for one‑on‑one conferences. Your conference counts as class …

    Tagged advice, Conferencing, Examples, General, Office Hours, One-on-One, Questionnaire, Talking about student writing

    Save Time by Making One-on-One Conferences as Efficient as Possible

      John Bean Distinguish Between Higher-Order and Lower-Order Concerns Conferences are most productive if you concentrate first on the higher-order concerns of ideas, organization, development, and overall clarity as opposed to lower-order concerns of style, …

    Tagged advice, Conferencing, General, Office Hours, One-on-One, Talking about student writing

    Conducting Student-Teacher Conferences

      Brad Hughes, Writing Across the Curriculum Although you’re likely to find them time consuming and exhausting, the individual conferences you hold with your students will be time well spent: by talking directly and individually …

    Tagged Conferencing, Office Hours, One-on-One, Talking about student writing
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    • Emily Hall, PhD
      Interim Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
      Helen C. White, room 6163
      Madison, WI 53706
    • Email: ebhall@wisc.edu

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