Very Like a Whale: The Assessment of Writing Programs
Following the characterization given by Carolyn R. Miller in "Genre as Social Action," genre is described as a rhetorical means for connecting the public with the private. Since assessment itself is also a research genre, centering localized writing program assessment within the assessment...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Composition studies 2016-09, Vol.44 (2), p.227-232 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Following the characterization given by Carolyn R. Miller in "Genre as Social Action," genre is described as a rhetorical means for connecting the public with the private. Since assessment itself is also a research genre, centering localized writing program assessment within the assessment genres of regional and program accreditation entities can yield institutional alignment and empower the WPA (24). [...]learning how one variable interacts with another allows us to "advance student learning through detailed knowledge about complex interactions" (29). |
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ISSN: | 1534-9322 1542-5894 2832-0093 |