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Building Writing Center Assessments That Matter
No less than other divisions of the college or university, contemporary writing centers find themselves within a galaxy of competing questions and demands that relate to assessment—questions and demands that usually embed priorities from outside the purview of the writing center itself. Writing centers are used to certain kinds of assessment, both quantitative and qualitative, but are often unprepared to address larger institutional or societal issues. In Building Writing Center Assessments that Matter, Schendel and Macauley start from the kinds of assessment strengths already in place in writing centers, and they build a framework that can help writing centers satisfy local needs and put ...
Around the Texts of Writing Center Work
Around the Texts of Writing Center Work reveals the conceptual frameworks found in and created by ordinary writing center documents. The values and beliefs underlying course syllabi, policy statements, website copy and comments, assessment plans, promotional flyers, and annual reports critically inform writing center practices, including the vital undertaking of tutor education. In each chapter, author R. Mark Hall focuses on a particular document. He examines its origins, its use by writing center instructors and tutors, and its engagement with enduring disciplinary challenges in the field of composition, such as tutoring and program assessment. He then analyzes each document in the context...
Modern Irish Writers
While the Irish Literary Revival began around 1885 and ended somewhere between 1925 and 1940, the Irish Renaissance has continued to the present day and shows no sign of abating. The period has produced some of the most important and influential figures in Irish literature, some of whom are counted among the world's greatest authors. The Revival saw a reestablishment of Ireland's literary connections with its Celtic heritage, and writers such as William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory drew heavily on the myths and legends of the past. James Joyce boldly reshaped the novel and wrote short fiction of enduring value. Contemporary Irish writers continue to be leading figures and include such autho...
Feminist Cyberscapes
This collection helps to historicize not only the development of computers and composition as a field but also the impact of technology on the professional lives of women teachers and scholars."--BOOK JACKET.
Hoppers, Moxley, Toliver and Related Families
Descendants of immigrant George Hoppes located in North Carolina, from 1700's to 1980's.
Practice in Context
Designed for a broad audience in education, this book offers a realistic look at the wide range of teaching contexts and how writing teachers adapt their pedagogy to their particular circumstances. Specific topics highlighted by individual essays include: basic writing, service learning, online writing, revision, research writing, proofreading and editing, portfolios, and assessment rubrics. Following the Foreword (Kathleen B. Yancey) and the Introduction (Cindy Moore and Peggy O'Neill), essays in the book are: (1) "Teaching and Literacy in Basic Writing Courses" (Suellynn Duffey); (2) "Reexperiencing the Ordinary: Mapping Technology's Impact on Everyday Life" (Catherine G. Latterell); (3) "...
Reading Rhetorically
Offering concise yet thorough treatment of academic reading and writing in college,Reading Rhetorically, Brief Editionshows readers how to analyze texts by recognizing rhetorical strategies and genre conventions, and how to incorporate other writers’ texts into their own research-based papers. Teaches readers how to read and write for academic purposes.Anyone interested in academic writing.
