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Keith Hamon

Students, Reading and Writing - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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George Williams writing writing assignments plagiarism

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  • In many courses that are not focused on writing skills, instructors might not provide detailed enough instructions on their writing assignments to convey to the student what the instructors’ expectations are
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 15 Apr 11
       
      This is a key issue for QEP: helping faculty to compose assignments that maximize a student's chances for success.
  • a badly written essay may be the result of the student author not understanding the subject rather than not being a capable writer.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 15 Apr 11
       
      Even a well-written assignment must be placed within the context of solid learning. If a student does not understand the material, then their chances for errors-and plagiarism-increase dramatically.
  • On the question of how students are incorporating and acknowledging the sources they find through their research, Howard and Jamieson report that the vast majority of the first-year writing student essays studied so far are defined primarily by “patchwriting,” evidence that students are not really understanding or engaging the material they are reading for their essays.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 15 Apr 11
       
      It seems that students use patchwriting to complete an assignment that they don't understand, simply filling up paper with whatever comes to hand.
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  • I would argue, we need to ensure in every department on campus that we structure our courses and our assignments such that students learn where and how to find authoritative source material and such that students must demonstrate a solid comprehension in writing of the material they’re writing about.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 15 Apr 11
       
      The issue with plagiarism, then, is that students don't understand their assignment, don't understand the material they are writing about, and don't understand why a writer would incorporate outside material in the first place. We should fix this.
  • Keith Hamon on 15 Apr 11
     
    So what happens between the end of that two-course sequence and the start of the rest of those students' college careers? If pressed I would offer a hypothesis or two: In many courses that are not focused on writing skills, instructors might not provide detailed enough instructions on their writing assignments to convey to the student what the instructors' expectations are, and A different issue is whether or not the student understands the course material: a badly written essay may be the result of the student author not understanding the subject rather than not being a capable writer.
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

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  • “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.  
Keith Hamon

For More Students, Working on Wikis Is Part of Making the Grade - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop wikis writing elearning social networking PLN Web 2.0 Education 2.0

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  • students’ learning improved when they embarked on wiki projects. “Rather than trying to read a textbook and regurgitate it for an exam, in order to write coherent segments, you have to actually intellectually understand it and be able to craft your own words, and that is a higher level of learning challenge,” he said. “All the research on learning theory suggests this is in fact a better way to learn.”
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 04 May 11
       
      Writing is an integral part of participating in a wiki, and writing is what ASU's QEP is all about.
  • “It’s not something that we’re used to,” said Stuart Lee, an undergraduate who took Mr. Netzley’s class and helped create a wiki page on digital media in Japan. “We usually see the professor as the gatekeeper of information.”
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 04 May 11
       
      So this is part of what happens when we teachers cease acting as gatekeepers and begin to act as concierges and curators.
  • “The notion of saving face really complicates the learning process,” he said, “because how do you learn if you’re not able to make mistakes and get feedback?”
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 04 May 11
       
      When will we move beyond the drive to the right answer and all the anxiety and mental illness that surrounds that drive?
  • Keith Hamon on 04 May 11
     
    Although wikis, with their collaborative approach and vast reach online, have been around for at least 15 years, their use as a general teaching tool in higher education is still relatively recent. But an increasing number of universities are now adopting them as a teaching tool. As part of that trend, a handful of Singapore universities are using the wiki platform as a way to engage students.
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