Assessing and Improving Student Writing in College by Barbara E. Walvoord

Author:Barbara E. Walvoord [Walvoord, Barbara E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781118559185
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2014-06-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Summary

The basic, no-frills system for departmental assessment and action includes establishing goals for student writing that are more specific than general institution-wide goals and that include aspects such as writing processes and use of electronic and multimedia forms. The next task is gathering information about the quality of your students’ writing and the steps you are taking to help them. Based on these kinds of information, departments take many kinds of actions, including faculty development, tutoring services, and writing-intensive courses. When reporting your actions and results, avoid pitfalls such as merely listing the wonderful things you are doing, listing every assessment used in any of your classes, or using grades as a measure of learning. Link the three parts of assessment—goals, information, and action—so readers can see how each one informs the other.

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