Resources for Instructors

The perennial frustration of instructors is having to grade research papers that do not conform to the stated task guidelines.  Here are some resources that might help you and your students through the research process:

• Classroom Strategies from University of Miami in Ohio
• Purdue Online Writing Lab presentations on writing.  These PowerPoint presentations can be used to introduce writing assignments in most classes.
• Purdue Online Writing Lab's Workshop on Research Writing
• Purdue Online Writing Lab's "Writing a Thesis" Handout
• For Teachers:  Creating Writing Assignments from Dartmouth
• For Teachers:  University Writing Program at Virginia Tech
• For Teachers:  Designing Research Paper Assignments Prepared by The Manoa Writing Program at Hawaii-Manoa
• For Students:  "Essay Task List" from San Diego University (this is in .pdf format)
• Citing Resources from Milne Library
• "Integrating Quotations" handout from San Diego University (this is in .pdf format)
• Inspiration from Teacher/Poet, Taylor Mali.

Grading Rubrics

Providing very specific information on how the work will be graded makes life easier for you (fewer questions to answer) and for your students (fewer questions to ask).

Grading rubrics can take a variety of forms:  a checklist of required elements, a narrative contract, a chart showing minimum requirements for each level of achievement.

Try using RUBISTAR to create a rubric for your next assignment.