Student Writing

Guidelines for Preparing Effective Essays and Reports provides "a straightforward, conventional approach to preparing essays and reports that should be acceptable in most social and natural science courses." Using this booklet, author Rob de Loë of the University of Guelph, says he is able to offer students more "substantive feedback".

Professor Erika Lindemann on "Writing to Learn" shares her ideas on how instructors in various disciplines can use writing to help students learn course material and understand the concepts in a given course. Several examples are provided. (pdf download from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Centre for Faculty Excellence)

Teaching Resources: Writing Matters offers suggestions and materials on how to design effective writing assignments, support student writing, offer feedback, and more.

Writing Services at the University of Guelph provides a number of services and resources to help students develop successful writing skills. This is an excellent web page to direct the attention of students. A separate page for instructors and TAs is also available.

For more information on this topic, search the TRELLIS system (UG library).