Building writing center assessments that matter

Building writing center assessments that matter / Ellen Schendel, William J. Macauley.

"No less than other divisions of the college or university, contemporary writing centers find themselves within a galaxy of competing questions and demands that relate to assessment--questions and demands that usually embed priorities from outside the purview of the writing center itself. Writi...

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Main Author: Schendel, Ellen
Other Authors: Macauley, William J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Writing centers > United States.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching (Higher)
Writing centers
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Yours, Mine, and Ours Changing the Dynamics of Writing Center Assessment
  • Ellen Schendel and William J. Macauley, Jr.; 1. The Development of Scholarship about Writing Center Assessment
  • William J. Macauley, Jr.; 2. Getting from Values to Assessable Outcomes
  • William J. Macauley, Jr.; 3. Connecting Writing Center Assessment to Your Institution's Mission
  • William J. Macauley, Jr; 4. Moving from Others' Values to Our Own: Adapting Assessable Outcomes from Professional Organizations and Other Programs on Your Campus
  • Ellen Schendel.
  • Interchapter
  • Of Numbers and Stories: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment Research in the Writing Center
  • Neal Lerner5. Integrating Assessment into Your Center's Other Work: Not Your Typical Methods Chapter
  • Ellen Schendel; 6. Writing It Up and Using It
  • Ellen Schendel; Afterword: Translating Assessment
  • Brian Huot and Nicole Caswell; Coda
  • William J. Macauley, Jr. and Ellen Schendel; Appendix: Annotated Bibliography for Writing Center Assessment
  • William J. Macauley, Jr.; Index; About the Authors.

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