How to give feedback to colleagues and students on their writing
May 12, 2014 by Prof. David M. Schultz
Filed under Blog, Featured, Potpourri, Reviewing
One of the perpetual difficulties with providing feedback to others is the tendency to coat the paper in red ink, leaving the author having to plow through all the comments. While not inherently bad in itself (I’m guilty as charged!), it can leave the author thinking that the 30 errors in punctuation exceed the one […]
Advice on providing better feedback…
May 3, 2014 by Prof. David M. Schultz
Filed under Blog, Featured, Potpourri, Writing
Our advisors coated the drafts of our writing in red ink. And, we, in turn, coat the drafts of our students’ writing in red ink. Does the volume of red ink challenge students to improve their writing, or do they just shrug it off (for any number of reasons)? I was just reading an article […]
