Explicit statements of your grading criteria can be very useful. A writing rubric that specifies the categories of assessment—and, perhaps, defines levels of success in each category—can help students ...

A rubric is an assessment tool that takes the form of a matrix, which describes levels of achievement in a specific area of performance, understanding, or behavior for a learning outcome. Faculty ...

No writing course is ever the inoculation students need in order to learn all they can about writing. To compose many texts, students need ongoing practice. Yet when they leave our classes, they ...

An increased emphasis on writing standards has led many U.S. states to incorporate on-demand writing assessments into their test-based accountability system. We argue this creates political and ...

Newsrooms expect a lot from job applicants without giving much thought to what else could be going on in their lives. A freelancer applying for your job is not working on a paying gig. An edit test ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Program-level student learning outcomes (SLOs) describe the core skills and knowledge students should develop at the end of a program of study ...

Peer review is a process by which students are asked to look at other students' work and provide feedback. While most commonly used for writing assignments, peer review can be used for any project or ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! State debate commission officials and political scientists discussed the role that debates play election outcomes. They explained how optics, ...