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Christy Desmet Director of First-year Composition Presented to 2007 Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium Unicoi State Park, Helen GA March 31, 2007. Writing, Reflection, and Assessment with ePortfolios. Specific Recommendations on “Effective Writing”. Writing Task Force 2006-2007. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Writing, Reflection, and Writing, Reflection, and Assessment with Assessment with
ePortfoliosePortfolios
Christy Desmet
Director of First-year Composition
Presented to
2007 Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium
Unicoi State Park, Helen GA
March 31, 2007
Specific Recommendations on Specific Recommendations on “Effective Writing”“Effective Writing”
Specific Recommendations on Specific Recommendations on “Effective Writing”“Effective Writing”
Writing Task Force 2006-2007Writing Task Force 2006-2007
• Fran Teague and Nelson Hilton, Co-Chairs• Recommendations
Writing Task Force 2006-2007Writing Task Force 2006-2007
• Fran Teague and Nelson Hilton, Co-Chairs• Recommendations
Why ePortfolios? What is an Why ePortfolios? What is an ePortfolio?ePortfolio?
• A place to – Collect– Reflect on– Display or publish
multimodal writing
What is an ePortfolio?What is an ePortfolio?
• An opportunity to– Record and reflect on growth– Demonstrate discipline-
specific writing skills and genres– Make connections
(e.g., between coursesor between academics and life)
What is an ePortfolio?What is an ePortfolio?
• An electronic archive that supports– Student ownership– Sharing of writing– Program assessment– Research into the writing process
482,674 documents on March 16, 2007
Evaluation with <emma>Evaluation with <emma>
ePortfolios provide the perfect feedback system:
1. Shared rubric or vocabulary/set of assessment criteria2. Text3. Peer review4. Revision5. Assessment6. Publication in the ePortfolio
Revision and Peer ReviewRevision and Peer Review
• Markup/Revision– Markup makes rhetorical
choices explicit;– Web displays help
students “see” their texts with new eyes;
– Ease of download/upload permits multiple revisions.
• Peer Review– Makes students
intelligent critics of their own and others’ writing;
– Provides students with multiple, authentic audiences;
– Fosters collaboration and responsibility;
It all begins with shared It all begins with shared criteria.criteria.
FYC Program establishes a rubric, which establishes criteria and levels for assessment.
Writers then . . . write.Writers then . . . write.
Writers produce their documents in the OpenOffice word processor.
Peers provide feedback.Peers provide feedback.
Revision focuses on specific Revision focuses on specific rhetorical elements.rhetorical elements.
Writers revise. Teachers comment Writers revise. Teachers comment and assess.and assess.
Students reflect, revise, publish.Students reflect, revise, publish.
ePorts travel with students across ePorts travel with students across the curriculumthe curriculum
People
ePorts
Documents
Assessment and ResearchAssessment and Research
• Files uploaded in the last 7 days: 3663
• Files uploaded in the last 30 days: 14484
• Files uploaded: 489646
Error AnalysisError Analysis
In a preliminary investigation of errors marked in <emma> from Spring 2005, we looked at 748 essays from 10 sections with different instructors:
140Tense
169Paragraph coherence
186Apostrophe
217Wordy
244Other punctuation
244Documentation
294Spelling
307Awkward
368Diction
425Development
643Comma errors
748Number of documents
25Logical fallacy
29Organization
43Wrong preposition
48Passive voice
63Fragment
67Agreement subject-verb
69Vague pronoun reference
70Paragraph unity
72Coherence
78Agreement pronoun-antecedent
82Expletive construction
104Comma splice
117Transition
Sources and CitationsSources and Citations
Revision StudyRevision Study
• Does revision improve writing (as measured by students' scores on essays)?
• Research Method– 450 graded essays submitted for a grade (before);– Select 450 portfolio version of the same essays (after);– Essays graded online and randomly by trained holistic
raters;– 6-point rating scale calibrated to the program grading rubric.
Improvement in ScoresImprovement in Scores
0.46
0.28
0.26
Improvement in Scores
+1 pt. or more
+/- 0 pts.
-1 pt. or more
Cycle CompletedCycle Completed
Pedagogy
Assessment
Research