Re: revising a tw course

Subject: Re: revising a tw course
From: "Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:03:16 -0800



"Bruce Byfield" <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> wrote in message
news:222491 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
> Quoting Martha J Davidson <editrix -at- nemasys -dot- com>:
> >
> > have students study examples of existing documents or help
> > systems and critique them to discover what works and what doesn't work;
>
> If I could extend this idea: as part of the critique, have students
redesign a
> small section of whatever they analyze. That's not only a good exercise,
but it
> gives them a useful section for their portfolios.
>
I did something similar to this, but it was in a statistics class (an
engineering secion). We were each given a set of statistics and a conclusion
and were to write 2 pages analyzing the conclusion.

The TA selected 3 of our writings, stripped the names off, then made copies.
The next assignment was to analyze each analysis. When I read the 3, I
realized why I was getting such good grades in my writing and TC classes.


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