Building Writing Center Assessments That Matter

Name: Building Writing Center Assessments That Matter
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ISBN: 9780874218169

ISBN-10: 0874218160

ISBN-13: 9780874218169

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ellen Schendel, William J. Macauley, William J. Macauley

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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…

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List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication date: 9/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.03" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 1.122



Acknowledgments


Introduction-Yours, Mine, and Ours: Changing the Dynamics of Writing Center Assessment




The Development of Scholarship about Writing Center Assessment




Getting from Values to Assessable Outcomes




Connecting Writing Center Assessment to Your Institution's Mission




Moving from Others' Values to Our Own: Adapting Assessable Outcomes from Professional Organizations and Other Programs on Your Campus



Interchapter-Of Numbers and Stories: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment Research in the Writing Center




Integrating Assessment into Your Center's Other Work: Not Your Typical Methods Chapter




Writing It Up and Using It



Afterword: Translating Assessment



Coda



Appendix: Annotated Bibliography for Writing Center Assessment



Index


About the Authors