Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum

Diverse Approaches and Practices

Kathleen Blake Yancey, Brian Huot (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

1997
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-56750-313-5 (ISBN)

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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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.10.1997
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Paläografie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
Schlagworte	Perspectives on Writing S.; v. 1
ISBN-10	1-56750-313-6 / 1567503136
ISBN-13	978-1-56750-313-5 / 9781567503135
Zustand	Neuware