Developing Good Assignments
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What are your goals and outcomes for this assignment? What, specifically, can you articulate about what you want your students to learn, illustrate, or show you with this writing assignment?
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Determine what specifics your students might need to know to do this assignment well. What are the conventions you want them to follow? Is there a particular format they should follow? Is there a page length? Does this paper need a thesis statement? Can you articulate for your students what the purpose of the assignment is? Do they know who the audience is?
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Make your criteria as clear as possible.