Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum
Diverse Approaches and Practices
Published on 24. October 1997
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-1-56750-312-8 (ISBN)
Description
This work discusses the assessment of writing across the curriculum. It is the first volume in a series analyzing perspectives on writing. The series provides a broad-based forum for monographs and collections in a range of topics that employ diverse theoretical research and pedagogical approaches. The editors emphasize inclusion, both conceptually and methodologically, in the series to highlight the strength and vibrancy of work in rhetoric, composition and writing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56750-312-8 (9781567503128)
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Content
Preface-The WAC Archives Revisited Introduction-Assumptions About Assessing WAC Programs: Some Axioms, Some Observations, Some Context From Conduit to Customer: The Role of WAC Faculty in WAC Assessment Documenting Excellence in Teaching and Learning in WAC Programs Contextual Evaluation in WAC Programs: Theories, Issues, and Strategies for Teachers Beyond Accountability: Reading With Faculty as Partners Across the Disciplines How Portfolios for Proficiency Help Shape a WAC Program Listening as Assessment: How Students and Teachers Evaluate WAC Program Review, Program Renewal The Crazy Quilt of Writing Across the Curriculum: Achieving WAC Program Assessment Integrating WAC Into General Education: An Assessment Case Study Adventures in the WAC Assessment Trade: Reconsidering the Link Between Research and Consultation Research and WAC Evaluation: An In-Progress Reflection WAC Assessment and Internal Audiences: A Dialogue Pragmatism, Positivism, and Program Evaluation Author Index Subject Index