Just as there's a difference between assigning writing and teaching writing, there's a difference
between assigning or asking for revision and teaching revision. It has to be taught. Students
don't know how to revise naturally and effectively. And so there's a learning scaffolding around
revision in Eli that enables students to plan more effectively, reflect more thoughtfully
about their intentions with regard to revision, and makes that thinking visible to a teacher
for inspection. And that's a key intervention moment - I think it's THE key intervention
moment for a teacher. The moment in which you're going to have the most impact as a
teacher is at that revision moment, and so if you can see what a student intends to do
at this really high-stakes moment to revise and you can shape their intentions and their
practices, that's where a teacher can have big OOMPH in terms of facilitating learning
in the classroom.