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Businesses Need Strong Writers

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Businesses Need Strong Writers

Click here for an interesting article by freelancer Bruce Watson. Companies are looking to hire strong writers, and according to the article if employees are not already exceptional writers than companies are willing to train them. The article shows the importance of including strong writing instruction in our classrooms.

 

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From Writing Intensive to Writing Integrated: how do you keep writing at the center of student learning?

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By Michelle LaFrance
Effective writing instruction is as much about helping students to understand the conventions of disciplinary writing, as it is supporting students to understand the content central to student work in a major. To be effective writers, students must come to learn the many different tacit expectations, heuristics, conventions, and resources that experts often take for granted.

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