A Brief Overview Scaffolding is a teaching technique that supports the learner by gradually building their independence that can take a variety of different forms. Motivational scaffolding…
Category: Writing about Writing
Lessons, tips, and reflections on being writers; especially discussing the process of composing words, different genres and their related techniques, and meaningful glimpses into their growth as authors, tutors, and readers.
“Cognitive and motivational scaffolding” is a term that pops up quite often in Writing Center scholarship, but its definition is a bit elusive and hard to pin…
By Alayne T., Anastasia K., and Koko T. What is Cognitive Scaffolding? Cognitive scaffolding is a teaching and tutoring method in which the tutor controls elements of…
It is that time in the quarter where everyone is scrambling to piece together that final research paper (myself included). The UCWbL will soon be very busy…
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Remote Reflections
It’s not groundbreaking to say this past year has been hard. Our routines, social lives, and work lives have been fundamentally altered. I have noticed a lot…
I remember being in high school when my English teachers would toss out the phrase “the human condition” as we discussed the dystopian nightmare of Orwell’s 1984, or…
So now that you’ve decided to send in an application for law schools, here comes the gritty stuff: the actual writing process aspects of the application that…
By: Izzy Rothberg and Nawaal Farooq There are a lot of common misconceptions about those who have dyslexia and this is especially perpetuated by how people with…
A writer’s voice is essentially how the writer incorporates their own imprint or beliefs into their writing. It allows the writer to institute their own perception and…
Holden Caufield—a good character. Humbert Humbert—another good character. Problematic, but regardless—a good character. Yet, this is essentially evaluative language; we can often come to the conclusion that…