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Responding to Plagiarism: The Role of the WPA.
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McLeod, Susan H. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1992
Discusses plagiarism and offers guidelines for its prevention. Discusses writing program administrator policies on plagiarism and how to confront confirmed cheaters. Relates actual cases, and describes situations where plagiarism was not intended by the students. (PRA)
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Higher Education, Plagiarism, Student Attitudes
A New Crop of Teaching Assistants and How They Grew.
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McBroom, Geraldine L. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1992
Describes the experiences of new teaching assistants, their orientation, and first days in class. Discusses what they learned about teaching, grading, and their students. (PRA)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
Evaluating a Portfolio System.
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Smit, David W. – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1990
Contributes to the knowledge of portfolio systems for writing evaluation by sharing evaluative procedures and their results. Reports on the results of a survey of students evaluated using a portfolio system. Finds that students preferred the portfolio system. (RS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation
Surveying New Teaching Assistants: Who They Are, What They Know, and What They Want to Know.
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Weiser, Irwin – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1990
Reports results of a survey of new teaching assistants. Finds that the majority of teaching assistants need training as teachers of writing and that nearly half need support in more general matters concerning teaching. Highlights some of the differences between experienced and inexperienced teaching assistants. (RS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Surveys