Thirteen Challenges

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Thirteen Challenges is an innovation in learning about writing at the college level—and beyond. More . . .

Herein, students are asked to engage each writer's Challenge through brief reflective-writing exercises. More . . .

Each reflective-writing exercise has its own webpage, called a locale, and students move among the locales using a point-and-click navigation map. More . . .

Getting Started . . .

is as simple as clicking on the "Start Now" button below.

The first few webpages address the constructed nature of all Challenges, laying a conceptual foundation for the remaining exercises. More . . .

 

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Notes for Instructors

The fourteen exercises in this website should be spread out over seven to ten weeks.
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Specifically, the fourteen exercises are designed to help students build more complex mental models about the general act of writing. More . . .

Instructors can find more detailed information for each locale by clicking on the "Henslowe's Mountain" feature in the map at that locale.
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