Browsing by Subject "Educational Evaluation"

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    Discourse Approaches to Writing Assessment
    (Copyright © 2002 Cambridge University Press[BREAK] Original publisher version at: [LINK]http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1394200401&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=13225&RQT=309&VName=PQD[/LINK].[BREAK]Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK]., 2002) Connor, Ulla, 1948-; Mbaye, Aymerou
    At present, mastery of English for educational and professional purposes contributes significantly to expansion of the role of English as a language of world communication. In this context, the teaching--and, consequently, the assessment--of EFL/ESL writing is receiving more attention than ever before. This chapter argues that, although this renewed interest in the evaluation of writing has resulted in advances in the field of language testing, it has by and large failed to incorporate insights gained from recent developments in text analysis. There is a considerable gap between current practices in writing assessment and criteria suggested by advances in knowledge of discourse structure. We illustrate this gap by contrasting current practices in the scoring of two major EFL/ESL writing tests with knowledge of text characteristics generated from recent developments in text analysis. The review concludes by making the case for bridging the gap and by proposing a model of writing assessment that incorporates both linguistic and discoursal features of texts.
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    Teaching Awards: What Do They Award?
    (The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited. To contact the publisher: [LINK] http://www.ohiostatepress.org[/LINK]. [BREAK]Copyright © 2006 by the Ohio State University, 2006) Chism, Nancy Van Note
    The article examines selection criteria for teaching awards at various colleges and universities. The study finds that most teaching awards committees use qualitative measures and personal testimonies to evaluate teaching. The criteria for a good teacher is seldom explicitly stated. Materials used in the classroom and examples of student work are seldom used. The article argues that teaching awards can be best used as merely a part of the teaching evaluation system. Working with a concrete list of teaching criteria would make awards valuable tools rather than popularity contests. Revising teaching awards to adhere to a universal set of criteria, relating evidence to criteria, and defining standards would make the awards more valuable and spark conversation within the institution.