Teaching Writing
Explore resources for theories and best practices for teaching writing.
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Welcome
Here you will find resources on the teaching of writing and links to scholarly sources for theories and best practices. You will also find resources for the writing process. Please let us know if you have favorite resources you would like to see added to this guide.
Resources
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Teaching WritingBooks & e-books on teaching writing
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Education Theory & BackgroundEducation guide for the best resources for research articles in education
Writing Centers
Here are links to selected excellent university writing centers in the U.S.
These sites include guides to all aspects of the writing process, discussions of writing in different disciplines, help with grammar and punctuation, citing sources, and more.
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Harvard University Writing Center guidesThese guides includes helpful information about writing in various subjects.
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Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)An extensive and helpful site. The "Grammar and Mechanics" section is particularly useful for all your emergency grammar questions.
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Online Resources for WritersCHOICE recommended site for all aspects of the writing process. From Amherst College
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Writer's HandbookThis online handbook is a useful tool that will help guide you through most of the stages of the research process.