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Mary Ann Scott

Materials for Faculty: Methods: Syllabus and Assignment Design - 0 views

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assignment design

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  • Are your goals for the course significantly content-directed?
  • Is one of the goals of your course to introduce students to the important research and writing conventions of your particular discipline?
  • Is the primary purpose of your course to improve your students' critical thinking skills?
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  • Professors who don't use writing prompts argue that an important part of scholarship is learning to raise questions that will yield a good academic argument
  • Whatever you decide, do note that a prompt-less writing assignment needs a good infrastructure in order to succeed
    • Mary Ann Scott
      Mary Ann Scott on 30 Mar 11
       
      a "good infrastructure" is essential in any assignment, not just English/Composition assignments.
  • Consider what you want the assignment to do, in terms of the larger thematic goals of your course.
  • Consider what kinds of thinking you want students to do
  • your prompt should address the importance of context and suggest things that you want students to consider as they write
  • Provide context
  • Break the assignment down into specific tasks
  • Break the assignment down into specific questions
  • Craft each sentence carefully
  • Be clear about what you don't want
  • Be clear about the paper requirements
  • Try to write (or at least to outline) the assignment yourself
    • Mary Ann Scott
      Mary Ann Scott on 30 Mar 11
       
      While this can't be done for all assignments, choosing a few pivotal moments to model for your students will have a significant impact on how they learn overall.
  • Discuss the assignment with the class
  • Mary Ann Scott on 30 Mar 11
     
    Some excellent questions for building an assignment. Look beyond the writing assignment pedagogy to the general aspects of any assignment.
Stephanie Cooper

Valdosta State University > Spanish Professor Unites Art and Research - 0 views

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valdosta professor communication multimedia

shared by Stephanie Cooper on 04 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • “Sometimes it is difficult to express in words, the feelings raised by discussions on certain issues such as, immigration, slavery or world customs and cultures, so I encourage students to explore other methods of communication to sharing their feelings and findings,” said, Espinosa-Dulanto, whose office is lined with vibrant photo essays on different themes from child slavery, to love and family."
  • “Some of the student participants are not fluent, and they are reluctant to communicate on the trip or after because they are afraid they will say the wrong thing or not express themselves fully,” Espinosa-Dulanto said. “The freedom to speak through other means, such as artwork or photographs, gives students an outlet to communicate with each other and break through cultural barriers.”
    • Stephanie Cooper
      Stephanie Cooper on 04 Apr 11
       
      I think this is a great idea for allowing students to reflect and share ideas with each other.  Even Americans who struggle with their speech and writing skills can be encouraged to share their thoughts and opinions through pictures.  
Stephanie Cooper

The e-Portfolio story - Tales from the magic wand - 0 views

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elearning writing critical thinking e-portfolio Education 2.0

shared by Stephanie Cooper on 05 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Students revisit the framework several times throughout their program and use artifacts from their evidence collection to demonstrate learning. Justification for their selection is part of the task and engages students in reasoning about the alignment of evidence with particular indicators. This is coupled with a reflective writing task that asks students to discuss their growth in each of the domains (and over time). This is the central task of many teacher education programs that require e-portfolios.
  • I am drawn to the notion of having students participate in a professional discourse community that interacts around entries and artifacts, which both contributes to their thinking and learning about what it means to be a professional in their chosen field, as well as allows them to monitor their learning over time.
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