Typing engages fewer neural circuits, resulting in more passive cognitive engagement.” This context is helpful, but elementary teachers will also need to know how to teach it. Today’s veteran teachers ...

In this resource, we explore how grammar can be taught rhetorically where the focus is on the learner understanding the writing situation, making effective choices while constructing sentences, ...

To write well, college students need to read to deepen their understanding of language. And they need to write. The 24 essays in this collection will prompt teachers to help their students grasp ...

Two recent experiments highlight aspects of writing instruction that are rarely studied—or taught. Recent research suggests that secondary students can benefit significantly from learning how to ...

Senior Lecturer in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra I’m going to put it out there - most teachers don’t know enough about how the English language works [aka grammar], and this ...

Writing remains a shifting fuzzy cloud floating in a wide subjective sky. This week, teachers all over the country have been sharing tales of teaching that most difficult of subjects—writing. They are ...

Editor’s Note: In 1988, a teacher most commonly had 15 years of experience. In recent years, that number is closer to just three years leading a classroom. The “On Teaching” series focuses on the ...

University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. We know a good piece of writing when we read it. But what makes the writing “good” and how can we teach all our kids the ...

A teaching statement, sometimes called a philosophy of teaching, is a public document for students, colleagues, supervisors, prospective employees, and review committees. Teaching statements are ...

Tips For Improving Grammar: Improving your English grammar does not require complicated strategies-what you need is consistency, the right approach and simple habits that build stronger language ...