Designing and Assessing Writing Assignments
This workshop track built on the UMUC Writing Initiative which focuses on the creation and assessment of writing assignments in every discipline.
Strategies and guidelines for creating compelling writing assignments for research papers, examination questions, essays, and other types of assignments were presented. Another presentation focused on creating or applying existing grading rubrics to the assessment of assignments.
In the morning, faculty broke into small cross-disciplinary groups and worked on the revision of a typical UMUC writing assignment. In the afternoon, faculty met in small groups based on their academic discipline and worked to establish discipline-specific criteria for creating effective writing assignments. Based on these criteria, they created an exemplary writing assignment as well as an appropriate grading rubric to accompany it.
Objectives for this track
- To determine the different needs of UMUC students in the area of writing
- To reflect on the importance of basing a writing assignment on precise course learning objectives
- To establish criteria and implement a rubric for creating effective writing assignments applicable to one's discipline and school
- To create an exemplary writing assignment appropriate for one's discipline and school
- To create and apply a grading rubric to assess and give feedback on student work
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