The FYC Grading Rubric and emma

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The FYC Grading Rubric and

• A Perspective from Administration and Teacher
  Training

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Advantages of

• Teachers evaluation of students
• Students evaluation of themselves
• Administrators evaluation of teachers
• Program assessment
• Research in composition

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Evaluation What was that assignment?
Assignment linked to commented essay
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Did the assignment work?

• Teachers, students, and administrators see
  whether students essays have addressed the
  assignment.
• Teachers, students, and administrators see
  whether teachers are grading according to the
  assignments criteria.

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Evaluation How well did the student revise?
Side-by-side display of draft and final essay
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Evaluation Why this grade?
Rubric inserted automatically
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Do comments explain the grade?
She said my essay was distinguished, but I only
got a B!
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A Holistic Approach to Evaluation

• Encourages self-consciousness
• Helps teachers and students see writing
  assignments through the same lens
• Allows both groups to see student essays in
  unified pedagogical context.

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Program Assessment

• Large database of digital student essays with
• Assignments
• Peer and/or teacher comments
• Grades

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FYC/Library Collaboration Student Citation
Behavior
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Further research questions

• How did the teachers wording of her assignment
  affect students understanding of research?
• What kinds of sources do teachers marginal and
  end comments suggest are valued most highly by
  the First-year Composition Program?
• Is there a correlation between numbers of
  citations and grades?
• Does formal intervention of a librarian improve
  the quality of students sources?

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Return to basics . . .

• How do research and assessment help
• Students?

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Return to basics . . .

• How do research and assessment help
• Students?
• Teachers?

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Return to basics . . .

• How do research and assessment help
• Students?
• Teachers?
• Teacher-trainers?

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Return to basics . . .

• How do research and assessment help
• Students?
• Teachers?
• Teacher-trainers?
• Administrators?

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The End

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