Grinnell College -- First Year Tutorial Information
Teaching Critical & Analytical Skills
READING & WRITING
Academic Honesty Booklet
Why is Writing a Paper Like Climbing a Mountain?
-- Kent McClelland's handout for students
Paula Smith's Review of Essay Skills in Eight Workshops
Passive Voice in Prose
-- Dan Kaiser's handout for students
Uses of the Present Tense in Academic Writing
-- Writing Lab's handout for students
Four Key Features of a Good Paragraph
One rubric for assessing student writing
-- Kent McClelland's handout for students
Using Student Peer Review
Peter Elbow on Writing for Learning
Daniel J. Kurland's "What is Critical Reading?"
William Peirce's "Strategies for Teaching Critical Reading"
Writing Lab
Reading Lab
ORAL COMMUNICATION
Ideas for Promoting Oral Skill Development in the Tutorial
Examples of Oral Skills Assignments from Summer Workshops
Assessment Criteria for Class Presentations
Oral Presentation Evaluation
Debate Evaluation Form
Class Critiquing Sheet
INFORMATION LITERACY
"Information Literacy as a Liberal Art"
Library Instruction and the Tutorial
Information Instruction Guides
Evaluation of Sources
MAKING EFFECTIVE ASSIGNMENTS
UMUC Effective Writing Center (EWC)
The WAC Clearinghouse
Dean's Office
Tutorial Information Home Page
Planning Your Tutorial
Tutorial Syllabi
Teaching Critical & Analytical Skills
Advising in an Individually Advised Curriculum
Ethical Use of Sources
Evaluation Forms
COMMENTS
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Grinnell College -- First Year Tutorial Information
