Thursday 4 October 2012

Scaffolding Assignment


1.      In the writing program section, where the students have to write a 1000-word paragraph, they specify that they gradually incorporate new elements in order for the students to produce a good essay. In the first essay, they focus on certain points  like using signals, keywords, links, transitions etc. For the second essay, they have to incorporate text from published sources and so on. Being a student, I know how hard it is to produce a sort of text that I have never produced, so I think it is a good idea to not push students and go gradually in order to help them develop their writing skills.
2.      In the section about “Feedback from peers and tutors” they argue about how important it is to receive feedback from an outside view. In order to become better in writing essays, receiving comments from your peers will help a lot because they are doing the same kind of text. By reading your text, the person can give you some advice, or give you some tips that can be helpful. Also, receiving feedback from the tutors is really helpful because they are the ones who will correct the essay, so they are able to steer the students.

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