Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum Guidlines for Grades 7-12

Name: Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum Guidlines for Grades 7-12
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ISBN: 9780890897409

ISBN-10: 0890897409

ISBN-13: 9780890897409

Edition: 2001

Authors: Charles Duke, Rebecca Sanchez

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Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum offers guidelines for effective assessment of student writing performance in various content areas such as English, science, mathematics and social studies at the junior or senior high school level. The book suggests a change in teaching methodology in order to make writing a key part of the instructional process. Written by teachers, it offers examples of applications and tools for assessment, concluding with a list of additional resources for further research. Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum addresses issues such as assignment design, communication of expectations, scoring rubric design, and student involvement in writing assessment. It…

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List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Publication date: 1/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Rebecca Sanchez is Assistant Professor of English at Fordham University.



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Strategies to Stimulate Writing to Learn


Setting the Stage for Assessment: The Writing Assignment


Student Writing: Response as Assessment


Giving Students Control Over Writing Assessment


Making Portfolio Assessment Work in the Classroom


Assess Now, Grade Later


Writing and Assessment: Some Practical Ideas


Using Vignettes in Sophomore Math Class


Using Journals for a Variety of Assessments


Whose Essay Is It Anyway?


Did They Get It?


The Science Fair Finesse


Mathematical Essays


Mathematics the WRITE Way


Story Writing in Mathematics


The Collage: An Alternative to the Book-Test or Book-Paper Assessment


The Titanic: A Voyage in Time


Assessing K-12 Schools' Use of Writing to Learn as a Tool for Reform


Assessing WAC as Dialogue: Considerations for Staff Development


Weaving and Stitching to Assess Writing Across the Curriculum


The Open Conspiracy: One High School's Effort to Assess and Improve Informational Writing Across the Curriculum


Resources for Teaching and Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum


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