Writing Across the Curriculum
ASSESSING
AND EVALUATING STUDENT WRITING
Assessing
and evaluating student writing are among the most time- and
energy- consuming tasks associated with
writing-across-the-curriculum. The
burdens of “correcting” are among the principal objections
faculty, especially those outside of English departments or
composition programs, have to WAC.
Clearly, correcting students’ written work can be
overwhelming, and, clearly, correcting essays does take longer than,
for example, having a computer optically scan multiple-choice exams.
There are, however, strategies that faculty can use to make
the process of assessing and evaluating writing less time-consuming,
less laborious, and more effective for faculty and students.
You can click on the items in the list below to learn more about how
to give students effective feedback without putting an undue burden
on your time.
This
page was last updated on March 5, 2004.
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