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Book Synopsis Teaching and Evaluating Writing in the Age of Computers and High-Stakes Testing by : Carl Whithaus
Download or read book Teaching and Evaluating Writing in the Age of Computers and High-Stakes Testing written by Carl Whithaus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-04-27 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching and Evaluating Writing in the Age of Computers and High-Stakes Testing offers a theoretical framework, case studies and methods for evaluating student writing. By examining issues in writing assessment the book discovers four situated techniques of authentic assessment that are already in use at a number of locales throughout the US.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education by : Schreiner, Christopher S.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education written by Schreiner, Christopher S. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-05-31 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This research publication accommodates in-depth studies that elucidate both the prospects and problems of learning assessment in higher education"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education by : Charles Secolsky
Download or read book Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education written by Charles Secolsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Writing Assessment and the Revolution in Digital Texts and Technologies by : Michael R. Neal
Download or read book Writing Assessment and the Revolution in Digital Texts and Technologies written by Michael R. Neal and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Measuring Writing: Recent Insights into Theory, Methodology and Practice by : Elke van Steendam
Download or read book Measuring Writing: Recent Insights into Theory, Methodology and Practice written by Elke van Steendam and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Rhetoric Across Borders by : Anne Teresa Demo
Download or read book Rhetoric Across Borders written by Anne Teresa Demo and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.”
Book Synopsis Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres by : Tracey Bowen
Download or read book Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres written by Tracey Bowen and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A student’s avatar navigates a virtual world and communicates the desires, emotions, and fears of its creator. Yet, how can her writing instructor interpret this form of meaningmaking? Today, multiple modes of communication and information technology are challenging pedagogies in composition and across the disciplines. Writing instructors grapple with incorporating new forms into their curriculums and relating them to established literary practices. Administrators confront the application of new technologies to the restructuring of courses and the classroom itself. Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres examines the possibilities, challenges, and realities of mutimodal composition as an effective means of communication. The chapters view the ways that writing instructors and their students are exploring the spaces where communication occurs, while also asking “what else is possible.” The genres of film, audio, photography, graphics, speeches, storyboards, PowerPoint presentations, virtual environments, written works, and others are investigated to discern both their capabilities and limitations. The contributors highlight the responsibility of instructors to guide students in the consideration of their audience and ethical responsibility, while also maintaining the ability to “speak well.” Additionally, they focus on the need for programmatic changes and a shift in institutional philosophy to close a possible “digital divide” and remain relevant in digital and global economies. Embracing and advancing multimodal communication is essential to both higher education and students. The contributors therefore call for the examination of how writing programs, faculty, and administrators are responding to change, and how the many purposes writing serves can effectively converge within composition curricula.
Book Synopsis Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Second Edition by : Steve Graham
Download or read book Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Second Edition written by Steve Graham and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been replaced by Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-3796-9.
Book Synopsis The Problem with Education Technology by : Ben Fink
Download or read book The Problem with Education Technology written by Ben Fink and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Education is in crisis—at least, so we hear. And at the center of this crisis is technology. New technologies like computer-based classroom instruction, online K–12 schools, MOOCs (massive open online courses), and automated essay scoring (AES) may be our last great hope—or the greatest threat we have ever faced.In The Problem with Education Technology, Ben Fink and Robin Brown look behind the hype to explain the problems—and potential—of these technologies. Focusing on the case of automated essay scoring, they explain the technology, how it works, and what it does and doesn’t do. They explain its origins, its evolution (both in the classroom and in our culture), and the controversy that surrounds it. Most significantly, they expose the real problem—the complicity of teachers and curriculum-builders in creating an education system so mechanical that machines can in fact often replace humans—and how teachers, students, and other citizens can work together to solve it.Offering a new perspective on the change that educators can hope, organize, and lobby for, The Problem with Education Technology challenges teachers and activists on “our side,” even as it provides new evidence to counter the profit-making, labor-saving logics that drive the current push for technology in the classroom."
Book Synopsis ePortfolio Performance Support Systems by : Katherine V. Wills
Download or read book ePortfolio Performance Support Systems written by Katherine V. Wills and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ePortfolio Performance Support Systems: Constructing, Presenting, and Assessing Portfolios addresses theories and practices advanced by some of the most innovative and active proponents of ePortfolios.
Book Synopsis The WPA Outcomes Statement—A Decade Later by : Nicholas N. Behm
Download or read book The WPA Outcomes Statement—A Decade Later written by Nicholas N. Behm and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Revolutionizing English Education by : Clarice M. Moran
Download or read book Revolutionizing English Education written by Clarice M. Moran and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has seemingly burst into public consciousness with sudden vigor. Previously relinquished to computer science journals, it erupted as the unrelenting topic of public media with most of the furor surrounding chatbots, like ChatGPT. Although many educators began worrying about the implications of AI in student learning and creative activity, this book will demonstrate that AI can be harnessed as a source of inspiration and meaningful instruction. With an emphasis on useful classroom strategies as well as a consideration of the ethics of AI, this book seeks to start a conversation in this nascent area of research and practice. The primary focus is on the use of AI in the secondary English classroom, but educators in other disciplines will find plenty of ideas and information.
Download or read book On a Scale written by Norbert Elliot and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear and Trembling? Shock and Awe? Which set of statements best describes the emotions surrounding the assessment of writing ability in educational settings? This book - the first historical study of its kind - begins with Harvard University's 1874 requirement that first-year student applicants submit a short composition as part of the admissions process; the book concludes with the College Board's 2005 requirement for an essay to be submitted as part of the new SAT(R) Reasoning Test. Intended for teachers who must prepare students to submit their writing for formal assessment, administrators who must make critical decisions based on test scores, and policy makers who must allocate resources based on evaluation systems, On a Scale provides a much-needed historical and conceptual background to questions arising from national attention to student writing ability.
Book Synopsis The Testing Trap by : George Hillocks
Download or read book The Testing Trap written by George Hillocks and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2002-04-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do statewide assessments really do what they are supposed to do? Through interviews with over three hundred teachers and administrators, Hillocks examines whether state writing tests in Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, New York, and Texas actually improve students' ability to express their thinking in writing. Ultimately, Hillocks argues that the majority of existing tests actually have a harmful effect on the way students are taught to write. In addition to providing analyses of assessments that do not encourage good writing, The Testing Trap contrasts them to those that do. Concluding with practical procedures for examining and evaluating writing assessments, this book is a provocative and essential read for administrators, teachers, policymakers, parents, and all who care about the education of our children.
Book Synopsis Writing Framework for the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress by : United States. National Assessment Governing Board
Download or read book Writing Framework for the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress written by United States. National Assessment Governing Board and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Collaborating(,) Literature(,) and Composition by : Frank Gaughan
Download or read book Collaborating(,) Literature(,) and Composition written by Frank Gaughan and published by Hampton Press (NJ). This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The disciplines of English and composition seem particularly prone to crisis-driven proclamations: our kids don't read the great works or they don't read at all or they can't write. Crisis talk notwithstanding, educators are left to theorize and practice ways to teach reading and writing with intelligence, compassion, and integrity. However, it often seems that theoretical formulations do not sufficiently explain their practicable applications; and practicable discussions too rarely rise above the level of swapping recipes--sharing assignments that work well in one context but may not in another. Therefore, the editors of this volume submit this collection of essays that strives to harmonize the all-too-often discordant qualities of theory and practice. Each co-authored essay illustrates and analyzes various classroom-based strategies for productive collaboration between literature and composition. This collection envisons a reciprocal to composing literature--literaturing composition, which entails "living through" literature, as Louise Rosenblatt has it. This process regards the literary text as a medium for creative action, so that one reads not to criticize so much as to imagine new compositional possibilities. The eight essays in this collection are divided into four sections which span topics that include: textuality and critical pedagogy, argumentation and hybrid genres, student engagement and popular culture, and materiality and assessment."--Publisher's website.
Book Synopsis Machine Scoring of Student Essays by : Patricia Freitag Ericsson
Download or read book Machine Scoring of Student Essays written by Patricia Freitag Ericsson and published by . This book was released on 2006-03-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current trend toward machine-scoring of student work, Ericsson and Haswell argue, has created an emerging issue with implications for higher education across the disciplines, but with particular importance for those in English departments and in administration. The academic community has been silent on the issue—some would say excluded from it—while the commercial entities who develop essay-scoring software have been very active. Machine Scoring of Student Essays is the first volume to seriously consider the educational mechanisms and consequences of this trend, and it offers important discussions from some of the leading scholars in writing assessment. Reading and evaluating student writing is a time-consuming process, yet it is a vital part of both student placement and coursework at post-secondary institutions. In recent years, commercial computer-evaluation programs have been developed to score student essays in both of these contexts. Two-year colleges have been especially drawn to these programs, but four-year institutions are moving to them as well, because of the cost-savings they promise. Unfortunately, to a large extent, the programs have been written, and institutions are installing them, without attention to their instructional validity or adequacy. Since the education software companies are moving so rapidly into what they perceive as a promising new market, a wider discussion of machine-scoring is vital if scholars hope to influence development and/or implementation of the programs being created. What is needed, then, is a critical resource to help teachers and administrators evaluate programs they might be considering, and to more fully envision the instructional consequences of adopting them. And this is the resource that Ericsson and Haswell are providing here.
