WHEN COMMENTS DON’T HELP
Responding to students’ writing takes more time, thought, and energy than any other aspect of teaching. - Nancy Sommers #usableknowledge #hgse #writing @harvardedTeachers’ comments are supposed to show students where they have communicated their arguments well, and where they need to revise. But two common mistakes can prevent these lessons from hitting home:
Comments often give students contradictory messages. When a teacher both corrects the grammar in a sentence and asks the student to develop the idea further, the writer may be confused about which suggestion to respond to: If she corrects the grammar, then the sentence should be “finished,” but if she changes the sentence, then the grammar corrections may no longer apply.
Too often, a teacher’s comments are not specific to the paper at hand. When “vague,” “frag,” “weak argument,” or the classic “be specific!” pepper a page, a student can easily misunderstand and disregard what her teacher is trying to say — especially when she sees the same general comments sprinkled throughout her classmate’s paper.
In both of these cases, the student is left wondering what the teacher wants her to change, rather than focusing on her own argument in the essay. Why should the student bother to stay engaged?
WHEN COMMENTS DON’T HELPResponding to students’ writing takes more time, thought, and energy than any other aspect of teaching. - Nancy Sommers #usableknowledge #hgse #writing @harvardedTeachers’ comments are supposed to show students where they have communicated their arguments well, and where they need to revise. But two common mistakes can prevent these lessons from hitting home: Comments often give students contradictory messages. When a teacher both corrects the grammar in a sentence and asks the student to develop the idea further, the writer may be confused about which suggestion to respond to: If she corrects the grammar, then the sentence should be “finished,” but if she changes the sentence, then the grammar corrections may no longer apply.Too often, a teacher’s comments are not specific to the paper at hand. When “vague,” “frag,” “weak argument,” or the classic “be specific!” pepper a page, a student can easily misunderstand and disregard what her teacher is trying to say — especially when she sees the same general comments sprinkled throughout her classmate’s paper.In both of these cases, the student is left wondering what the teacher wants her to change, rather than focusing on her own argument in the essay. Why should the student bother to stay engaged?
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