The importance of developing strong writing skills seems to be gaining more and more attention almost daily. Employers spend billions remediating writing skills. With the new SAT, college admissions ...

Novice writers may struggle with conventions of academic writing, good habits and processes for developing academic essays, and/or grammar, mechanics and syntax. Through the directed self-placement ...

Recent scholarly efforts have advanced our understanding of writing instruction by examining both the cognitive and motivational dimensions that underpin student development. Research in this area has ...

Common Core State Standards are driving the curriculum and changing the expectations for what teachers and children are expected to do during writing instruction in school. Here are Common Core’s 10 ...

With educators under enormous pressure to make sure students meet grade level standards in reading and math, writing often takes a back seat in the curriculum, as many literacy experts have observed.

This article is part of the collection: How AI Is Writing the Next Chapter in ELA Instruction. Inspired by past educators, Aida Hadzovic has built a reputation for innovative teaching strategies for ...

Mark Sidebottom, assistant professor of mechanical and manufacturing engineering, thinks technical writing is critical for engineers to do effectively. “It's something that I've used a lot in my ...

Imperative verbs are used to give instructions or to tell someone to do something. Watch this video to understand more about imperative verbs. Command sentences give instructions and tell someone to ...

Registration for CLaRI's summer 2025 Reading & Writing Society (camp) is now closed. We still have openings in our one-to-one summer tutoring program. Summer Reading and Writing Society, CLaRI’s ...