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Direct linkParrish, Juli; Hesse, Doug; Bateman, Geoffrey – Across the Disciplines, 2016
We explain how collaboratively assessing a writing-intensive general education capstone seminar constituted a high-impact practice for faculty development. Students at the University of Denver complete an Advanced Seminar taught by faculty across the curriculum. Topics and themes vary widely, as do types of assigned writing, making assessment an…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Writing Instruction, Writing Workshops, Seminars
Alexander, Kara Poe – Composition Studies, 2015
The literacy narrative assignment is popular with composition instructors because of the reflection it encourages in students. Previously, scholars have claimed that students demonstrate reflection in literacy narratives when they critique dominant ideologies. Largely absent, however, is research on what other elements might indicate reflection…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Assignments, Figurative Language, Teaching Methods
Download full textShi, Ling; Dong, Yanning – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015
This study examines 143 graduate assignments across 12 faculties or schools in a Canadian university in order to identify types of writing tasks. Based on the descriptions provided by the instructors, we identified nine types of assignments, with scholarly essay being the most common, followed by summary and response, literature review, project,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Writing Assignments, Task Analysis, Foreign Countries
Weigle, Sara Cushing; Parker, Keisha – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
Source-based writing is becoming more common in tests of academic English, in part to make tests more reflective of authentic academic writing. However, the concern has been raised that over-reliance on language from the source texts in essays may mask gaps in proficiency and thus lead to an inaccurate assessment of writing skill. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Translation, Writing Tests, Essays
Kobrin, Jennifer L.; Shaw, Emily J. – College Board, 2012
It is well-documented that students' prior knowledge, cultural background, and language proficiency play a role in how they read, interpret, and respond to writing tasks (Barkaoui, 2007; Connor & Kramer, 1995; Hinkel, 2002). Essays written by students from different language backgrounds often differ in their linguistic, stylistic, and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Scores
Glew, David; Meyer, Tracy; Sawyer, Becky; Schuhmann, Pete; Wray, Barry – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2011
Business schools are often criticized for the inadequate writing skills of their graduates. Improving writing skills involves first understanding the current skill level of students. This research attempts to provide insights into the effectiveness of the current method of assessing writing skills in a school of business at a large regional…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Business Schools, Writing Skills
Furneaux, Clare; Paran, Amos; Fairfax, Beverly – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2007
This study examines the feedback practices of 110 EFL teachers from five different countries (Cyprus, France, Korea, Spain, and Thailand), working in secondary school contexts. All provided feedback on the same student essay. The coding scheme developed to analyse the feedback operates on two axes: the stance the teachers assumed when providing…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Language Teachers
Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection
