Facilitative commentary is commentary that
addresses problem areas in a paper without taking control out of the student's
hands. Accomplished with open-ended questions, facilitative commentary helps
the writer solve their own problems, based on their insight and purpose.
This type of commentary also allows for the growth of the writer because
it does not hand the writer "the answer". Facilitative commentary
makes for better writers not necessarily better writing. Facilitative commentary
can also help the writer see how the reader interprets the paper. Meyers
and Smith aptly describe facilitative commentary as conceptual comments
or comments that "address the ideas in the paper as if it is a work-in-process"
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