Teaching And Evaluating Writing In The Age Of Computers And High Stakes Testing
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Teaching And Evaluating Writing In The Age Of Computers And High Stakes Testing
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Author : Carl Whithaus
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-04-27
Teaching And Evaluating Writing In The Age Of Computers And High Stakes Testing written by Carl Whithaus and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-27 with Education categories.
This book takes on a daunting task: How do writing teachers continue to work toward preparing students for academic and real-world communication situations, while faced with the increasing use of standardized high-stakes testing? Teachers need both the technical ability to deal with this reality and the ideological means to critique the information technologies and assessment methods that are transforming the writing classroom. Teaching and Evaluating Writing in the Age of Computers and High-Stakes Testing serves this dual need by offering a theoretical framework, actual case studies, and practical methods for evaluating student writing. By examining issues in writing assessment--ranging from the development of electronic portfolios to the impact of state-wide, standards-based assessment methods on secondary and post-secondary courses--this book discovers four situated techniques of authentic assessment that are already in use at a number of locales throughout the United States. These techniques stress: *interacting with students as communicators using synchronous and asynchronous environments; *describing the processes and products of student learning rather than enumerating deficits; *situating pedagogy and evaluation within systems that incorporate rather than exclude local variables; and *distributing assessment among diverse audiences. By advocating for a flexible system of communication-based assessment in computer-mediated writing instruction, this book validates teachers' and students' experiences with writing and also acknowledges the real-world weight of the new writing components on the SAT and ACT, as well as on state-mandated standardized writing and proficiency exams.
Writing Assessment And The Revolution In Digital Texts And Technologies
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Author : Michael R. Neal
language : en
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Release Date : 2015-04-17
Writing Assessment And The Revolution In Digital Texts And Technologies written by Michael R. Neal and has been published by Teachers College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-17 with Education categories.
This text provides an innovative new framework for the formative and holistic assessment of students' digital writing. It also addresses the rapid evolution of writing assessment tools, analyzing the research in clear terms for both techno-phobic and techno-savvy teachers. The author critiques computer automated scoring of student writing, for example, but also considers the possibilities and potential of the future of technology assisted assessments.
Handbook Of Research On Assessment Technologies Methods And Applications In Higher Education
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Author : Schreiner, Christopher S.
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2009-05-31
Handbook Of Research On Assessment Technologies Methods And Applications In Higher Education written by Schreiner, Christopher S. and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-31 with Computers categories.
"This research publication accommodates in-depth studies that elucidate both the prospects and problems of learning assessment in higher education"--Provided by publisher.
Handbook On Measurement Assessment And Evaluation In Higher Education
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Author : Charles Secolsky
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-31
Handbook On Measurement Assessment And Evaluation In Higher Education written by Charles Secolsky and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-31 with Education categories.
In this valuable resource, well-known scholars present a detailed understanding of contemporary theories and practices in the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation, with guidance on how to apply these ideas for the benefit of students and institutions. Bringing together terminology, analytical perspectives, and methodological advances, this second edition facilitates informed decision-making while connecting the latest thinking in these methodological areas with actual practice in higher education. This research handbook provides higher education administrators, student affairs personnel, institutional researchers, and faculty with an integrated volume of theory, method, and application.
Best Practices In Writing Instruction Second Edition
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Author : Steve Graham
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 2013-03-19
Best Practices In Writing Instruction Second Edition written by Steve Graham and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-19 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book has been replaced by Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-3796-9.
The Wpa Outcomes Statement A Decade Later
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Author : Nicholas N. Behm
language : en
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Release Date : 2014-09-12
The Wpa Outcomes Statement A Decade Later written by Nicholas N. Behm and has been published by Parlor Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The WPA Outcomes Statement—A Decade Later examines the ways that the Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition has informed curricula, generated programmatic, institutional, and disciplinary change, and affected a disciplinary understanding of best practices in first-year composition.
Measuring Writing Recent Insights Into Theory Methodology And Practice
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Author : Elke van Steendam
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2012-11-20
Measuring Writing Recent Insights Into Theory Methodology And Practice written by Elke van Steendam and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-20 with Education categories.
This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of theory, methodology and practices in the assessment of writing. The focus throughout the book is on the construct of writing and its assessment: what constitutes writing ability and how can it be defined (in various contexts)? This question cannot be answered without looking into the methodological question of how to validate and measure the construct of writing ability. Throughout the book, therefore, discussions integrate theoretical and methodological issues. A number of chapters discusses whether varying definitions and varying operationalizations of writing ability are needed in various contexts, such as formative assessments versus summative assessments, large scale assessments versus individual assessments, different tasks, different genres, and different languages, but also different age groups. A range of rating methods is investigated and discussed in this book. The ongoing debate on holistic versus analytic ratings, and the different underlying conceptions of writing proficiency, is a pertinent matter, on which a number of chapters in this volume shed new light. The matter is discussed and analyzed from various angles, such as generalizability of judgements and usability in formative contexts. Another fundamental debate concerns computer scoring of written products. A nuanced discussion of its validity is presented in this volume.
Rhetoric Across Borders
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Author : Anne Teresa Demo
language : en
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Release Date : 2015-07-15
Rhetoric Across Borders written by Anne Teresa Demo and has been published by Parlor Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Rhetoric Across Borders features a select representation of 27 essays and excerpts from the “In Conversation” panels at the Rhetoric Society of America’s 2014 conference on “Border Rhetorics.”
Bridging The Multimodal Gap
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Author : Santosh Khadka
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2019-05-01
Bridging The Multimodal Gap written by Santosh Khadka and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Bridging the Multimodal Gap addresses multimodality scholarship and its use in the composition classroom. Despite scholars’ interest in their students’ multiple literacies, multimodal composition is far from the norm in most writing classes. Essays explore how multimodality can be implemented in courses and narrow the gap between those who regularly engage in this instruction and those who are still considering its scholarly and pedagogical value. After an introductory section reviewing the theory literature, chapters present research on implementing multimodal composition in diverse contexts. Contributors address starter subjects like using comics, blogs, or multimodal journals; more ambitious topics such as multimodal assignments in online instruction or digital story telling; and complex issues like assessment, transfer, and rhetorical awareness. Bridging the Multimodal Gap translates theory into practice and will encourage teachers, including WPAs, TAs, and contingent faculty, to experiment with multiple modes of communication in their projects. Contributors: Sara P. Alvarez, Steven Alvarez, Michael Baumann, Joel Bloch, Aaron Block, Jessie C. Borgman, Andrew Bourelle, Tiffany Bourelle, Kara Mae Brown, Jennifer J. Buckner, Angela Clark-Oates, Michelle Day, Susan DeRosa, Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, Stephen Ferruci, Layne M. P. Gordon, Bruce Horner, Matthew Irwin, Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Ashanka Kumari, Laura Sceniak Matravers, Jessica S. B. Newman, Mark Pedretti, Adam Perzynski, Breanne Potter, Caitlin E. Ray, Areti Sakellaris, Khirsten L. Scott, Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze, Jon Udelson, Shane A. Wood, Rick Wysocki, Kathleen Blake Yancey
Making Progress
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Author : Logan Bearden
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2022-04-01
Making Progress written by Logan Bearden and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Making Progress is an empirical investigation into the strategies and processes first-year composition programs can use to center multimodal work in their curricula. Logan Bearden makes a unique contribution to the field, presenting a series of flexible strategies, evolving considerations, and best practices that can be taken up, adapted, and implemented by programs and directors that want to achieve what Bearden brands “multimodal curricular transformation,” or MCT, at their own institutions. MCT can be achieved at the intersection of program documents and practices. Bearden details ten composition programs that have undergone MCT, offering interview data from the directors who oversaw and/or participated within the processes. He analyzes a corpus of outcomes statements to discover ways we can “make space” for multimodality and gives instructors and programs a broader understanding of the programmatic values for which they should strive if they wish to make space for multimodal composition in curricula. Making Progress also presents how other program documents like syllabi and program websites can bring those outcomes to life and make multimodal composing a meaningful part of first-year composition curricula. First-year composition programs that do not help their students learn to compose multimodal texts are limiting their rhetorical possibilities. The strategies in Making Progress will assist writing program directors and faculty who are interested in using multimodality to align programs with current trends in disciplinary scholarship and deal with resistance to curricular revision to ultimately help students become more effective communicators in a digital-global age.