Date of Award

4-17-2023

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Rhetoric and Writing

First Advisor

Greg Graham

Abstract

The ability to produce constructive feedback is an essential skill for writing students that transfers into many careers. However, students do not instinctively know how to structure helpful comments about others’ writing. Training students to construct feedback that is nonjudgmental, specific, and useful is important not only to produce good writers but also to help students succeed in other professions. Writing instructors need to recognize the benefits of teaching their students how to review the work of others and offer helpful suggestions for improvement. This project explores current research into the value of training students to give effective feedback as well as practices presently used by instructors in UA Little Rock’s Department of Creative Writing. The purpose of this thesis project is to develop teaching materials, based on best practices, for writing instructors to use in classrooms to ensure students enter the workforce prepared with this critical job skill.

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