I’m just not a good writer.”It’s a phrase teachers hear too often, usually at the exact moment a writing task is assigned.
Have you ever felt stuck while trying to rewrite a sentence in a better way without changing its meaning?  This is something ...
I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the first professors who teach writing to publish in ...
Most of us report putting off writing tasks, from important emails to high-stakes projects. When asked if they procrastinate, an estimated 95 percent of college students reported doing it. Moreover, ...
ChatGPT boosts productivity by 40% for professionals' writing tasks. It reduced inequality between higher-skilled and lower-skilled workers. The broader economic impact of ChatGPT is still ...
My last article detailed the results of an experiment in using GenAI to write a variety of work-related messages. In general, I found that GenAI struggles with some of the same problems many of my ...
(This is the third post in a five-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) I’ve got a few that top that list. None of them is an English paper—or blog posts, for that matter. The ...
Experts tend to complete writing tasks more quickly than novices by combining or skipping steps due to years of practice and mastery. Our students often come to us as novices who are still learning ...