Writing Leads to Deeper Learning

This article on college students being assigned writing assignments and being studies upon their information given is rather interesting. It talks about students being assigned papers that allow them to use other outside information and it helps them become more "personal, social, and practical" with their assignments. Certain topics aren't always going to help students out in those perspectives but I believe that teachers who demand many drafts of certain papers, allow students to take things step by step. This technique does not always work for every student, some students may write better the first try instead of making several drafts of the same paper. Also writing multiple papers throughout the year I feel allows students to use all sorts of other outside information to give their papers more personality. I also think that the actual topic of the assignment effects how each student writes. Not all students are good at writing research papers, but maybe they are better at writing papers that allow them to have free thought put into the paper. Putting your own opinion into a paper is sometimes easier for students to do because they may feel that their opinion matters in the subject. All in all I do believe that students should be assigned different types of writings throughout their educational careers to give them the opportunity to be creative in their writings and voice their opinions in different ways.