The Value of Assigning Student Papers (A Link)

Over at A New Adventure Jim is writing about cheating and the value of assigning students papers to write. I'm definitely from the old school, but I think its very important for students to laern how to write papers. I might go so far as to say that they should always be writing a paper. Successful paper writing teaches students to research and write. More importantly it helps them develop the capacity to analyze, apply, synthesize, evaluate, all higher order thinking skills. I certainly think that students should also be engaged in more creative projects as well. But writing papers is important.

Jim writes, "There are too many creative ways to have students present what they have learned to have them doing lengthy reports." Read his post and his blog.