This volume provides instructors who teach writing with an array of strategies and philosophies about the way writing is learned, both in the context of a discipline and as an independent skill. Focusing primarily on the best ways to give feedback about written work, the authors describe a host of alternatives that have a solid foundation in research. This is the 69th issue of the journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.

This volume provides instructors who teach writing with an array of strategies and philosophies about the way writing is learned, both in the context of a discipline and as an independent skill. Focusing primarily on the best ways to give feedback about written work, the authors describe a host of alternatives that have a solid foundation in research. This is the 69th issue of the journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning.

MARY DEANE SORCINELLI is associate provost for faculty development and director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. PETER ELBOW is professor of English and director of the writing program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.