teaching with writing

soliciting feedback on writing instruction

Asking students to reflect on a course’s writing assignments and instruction provides instructors with specific suggestions and affirmation.  Two lists of feedback items are offered below with the idea that instructors can adopt them, customize them, or use them as menus from which to pull relevant items.

Feedback solicited at mid-semester (between weeks four and seven) allows instructors to address student concerns immediately and to continue activities that are obviously effective.  Doing so can increase student motivation and involvement in the writing elements of a “content” course.

• midsemester feedback form (pdf) (doc)
  
• instructions for use (pdf)

Feedback solicited at the end of the semester can helpfully inform the design of future courses.  The items offered on this form could be added in the “optional” section of SET form C and tabulated by OMS, or the form can be filled out separately and offered directly to the instructor.

• end-of-semester feedback form (pdf) (doc)
  
• instructions for use (pdf)

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