Education Writing Advice from Individual CC Faculty Members
Dr. Lynne S. Noble
Professor of Education
When writing papers for my classes, you will want to keep in mind the following advice:
You will lose points for incorrect grammar, punctuation use or misspellings.
Please visit the Academic Skills Center if you have any worries about your writing.
I am happy to look at your work-in-progress, as long as you submit it to me at least five days before the final paper is due.
Read your work out loud. Often you can catch errors just by listening to your words. Even more effective is to have someone else read your paper out loud to you.
I have a few pet peeves:
Misusing who and that. Who refers to people and animals with names; that refers to objects and animals without names: “the teacher who assigned my homework,” “Spot, who is my dog,” “the pencil that I used to finish my homework,” “the cow that is in the field.”
Using a singular pronoun to refer to a plural noun: Refer to a child as she/he, her/him; refer to children as they/them/their. “The child brought his book; the children used their markers.
Misusing academic, educational, or theoretical examples.
Misspelling: Teachers need to know how to spell OR know how to check all their spelling.
