Using writing to promote thinking: a busy professor's guide to the whole book -- Understanding connections between thinking and writing -- How writing is related to critical thinking -- Engaging all learners: valuing professional and personal writing -- Dealing with issues of grammar and correctness --iDesigning problem-based assignments -- Formal writing assignments -- Informal, exploratory writing activities -- Coaching students as learners, thinkers, and writers -- Designing tasks for active thinking and learning -- Helping students read difficult texts -- Coaching thinking through the use of small groups -- Alternative approaches to active learning in the classroom -- Enhancing learning and critical thinking in essay exams -- Encouraging engagement and inquiry in research papers -- Reading, commenting on, and grading student writing -- Coaching the writing process and handling the paper load -- Writing comments on students' papers -- Developing and applying grading criteria.