Writing Assessment

1. Writing Assessment WRITING & CRITICAL THINKING ASSESSMENT

2. WRITING ASSESSMENT

3. READERS: HONRS 150 INSTRUCTORS • Number of papers read: 41 • Number of readers per paper: 2 • Number of readers: 8 (Gary Hatch, Joyce Adams, Elizabeth Crowe, Lisa Johnson, Deirdre Paulsen, Kerry Spencer, Kylie Turley)

4. WRITING RUBRIC Notes (only for elements of an essay that aren’t covered by the rubric):

5. Overall Scores by Standard N = 41 6 papers 16 papers 19 papers

6. Trait – Knowledge of Conventions N = 41 5 papers 14 papers 22 papers

7. Trait - Organization N = 41 5 papers 20 papers 16 papers

8. Trait – Rhetorical Knowledge N = 41 8 papers 17 papers 16 papers

9. Trait - Thesis N = 41 11 papers 9 papers 21 papers

10. Trait – Correct Use of Sources N = 41 7 papers 16 papers 18 papers

11. All Traits N = 41

12. Reader Agreement

13. Reader Agreement

14. Critical Thinking Assessment

15. Critical Thinking Readers • Bill Baker, Management Communications • Ralph Brown, Sociology • Valerie Hegstrom, Spanish & Portuguese • John Lamb, General Education & Chemistry • Hal Miller, Psychology • Karen Pierotti, General Education • Robert Seegmiller, Physiology & Developmental Biology

16. CRITICAL THINKING RUBRIC

17. Trait - Ideas Main idea/claim/argument/hypothesis N = 11 1 paper 2 papers 8 papers

18. Trait - Evidence N = 11 1 paper 7 papers 3 papers

19. Trait – Logic/Assumptions N = 11 1 paper 3 papers 7 papers

20. Trait – Alternative Points of View N = 11 1 paper 3 papers 7 papers

21. All Traits

22. All Traits: Writing & Critical Thinking Writing Critical Thinking N = 41 N = 11

23. Critical Thinking & Writing Assessment In the future

24. Assessment via Final Exams Collecting final exam informationduring FGEC Reviews • A copy of a final exam • Student performance on final exam Purpose • Verify that the exams line up with the foundation documents and learning outcomes.

25. Assessment via Advanced Writing During Fall and Winter semesters, the GE office will collect about 150 papers from different departments who teach advanced writing. Paper Criteria 1. Single-author papers and some collaborative papers (when using collaborative papers we would need to know how the collaboration was set up for the collaborative groups.) 2. A paper using library resources that has real research associated with it 3. The paper should be about 8-15 pages long, double-spaced. 4. There should be no mark up on the papers by instructors 5. Preferably the paper should be in electronic format (Word program is preferred.)

26. Assessment via Advanced Writing Course Choice • GE office will collect papers from various departments • 75% of the papers will come from different sections of courses in the English, Philosophy and Management Communication departments; • the other 25% will come from other departments that teach only one or two sections of a course, e.g. Chem 391. Choosing Papers • GE Office will request a chosen course’s class roll to randomly pick 5 juniors or seniors in the course • GE will provide release/permissions sheets to the chosen students so we have permission to use their papers for the study.

27. Assessment via Advanced Writing Submitting the Papers • Electronically to Karen Pierotti, Administrative Assistant, General Education Distribution of Papers to Assessment Committee • Student’s name, instructor’s name, and course will be eliminated from the paper • Paper will receive a number before it is given to the committee Assessment • During spring term, two committees will assess the papers for writing and critical thinking

28. GE Web Site • Statistical Results • Annotated copies of papers for both writing & critical thinking

29. Writing Assessment WRITING & CRITICAL THINKING ASSESSMENT