I do not have any data yet at this time, as I still have to get in touch with my participant. However, I have begun to get deeper into Mary Sommer's book Responding to Student Writers. As a student myself, I know full well what students want from their professors and teachers in terms of comments and feedback on their writing. Naturally, students want clear and concise feedback where they are engaged through dialogue, not given commands by their professors. Students do not want to see comments that pretty much enforce the whole hierarchy between themselves and their professors. Not only that, but students like to see comments that go into specific details about where they can improve upon their writing, and "bolster" and "deepen" their thinking as writers. In addition, students want their professors to point out the themes and patterns they notice in their students' writings, instead of pointing out trivial mistakes.
All of this is what I intend to explore about what students really want to get in terms of comments on their writing from their professors. I want to examine the specific details as to why students seek these particular types of comments from their professors. All of this will be reflected in my interview and the questions I ask once I meet up with my participant before Thanksgiving break.
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