Developing and Assessing Student Writing - Introduction

	Toolkit structure	The Writing Toolkit is structured around specific issues that evidence shows can be problematic for students. These are: Making an argument, Critical thinking, Referencing and Academic style. We have also included a guide for Giving feedback to students. Each of these sections contains strategies that teachers can use, as well as resources, further reading and case studies.
	How you use it	Use the menu at left or the links at the foot of each page to navigate throught the Toolkit. It can be worked through from beginning to end, or dipped into as you need. To contextualise the material, and make this a useful learning experience for you, the teacher, we suggest that you relate what you are reading to a particular course you are working on.
	Resources and support	You will see the icon at left throughout the Toolkit. It represents resources and additional reading to support the basic material and activities. The final 'Resources' page contains a collation of the resources, case studies and references that are scattered through the Toolkit.
	Expected outcomes	Each section indicates the outcomes that you can expect from using the Toolkit.
	Feedback	We would love to know if this resource has been useful for you, or if you have any ideas to improve it. Please contact Belinda Allen at L&T@UNSW.

Acknowledgements:

This Toolkit has been written by Rosalie Goldsmith for the UNSW Learning Centre with the support of a grant from the Strategic
Priorities/Learning & Teaching fund, in consultation with L&T@UNSW.

Begin the Toolkit at: Developing an argument