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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
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Specific Recommendations on Specific Recommendations on “Effective Writing”“Effective Writing”
Specific Recommendations on Specific Recommendations on “Effective Writing”“Effective Writing”
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Writing Task Force 2006-2007Writing Task Force 2006-2007
• Fran Teague and Nelson Hilton, Co-Chairs• Recommendations
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Writing Task Force 2006-2007Writing Task Force 2006-2007
• Fran Teague and Nelson Hilton, Co-Chairs• Recommendations
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Why ePortfolios? What is an Why ePortfolios? What is an ePortfolio?ePortfolio?
• A place to – Collect– Reflect on– Display or publish
multimodal writing
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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)
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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
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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
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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;
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It all begins with shared It all begins with shared criteria.criteria.
FYC Program establishes a rubric, which establishes criteria and levels for assessment.
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Writers then . . . write.Writers then . . . write.
Writers produce their documents in the OpenOffice word processor.
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Peers provide feedback.Peers provide feedback.
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Revision focuses on specific Revision focuses on specific rhetorical elements.rhetorical elements.
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Writers revise. Teachers comment Writers revise. Teachers comment and assess.and assess.
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Students reflect, revise, publish.Students reflect, revise, publish.
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ePorts travel with students across ePorts travel with students across the curriculumthe curriculum
People
ePorts
Documents
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Assessment and ResearchAssessment and Research
• Files uploaded in the last 7 days: 3663
• Files uploaded in the last 30 days: 14484
• Files uploaded: 489646
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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
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Sources and CitationsSources and Citations
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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.
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Improvement in ScoresImprovement in Scores
0.46
0.28
0.26
Improvement in Scores
+1 pt. or more
+/- 0 pts.
-1 pt. or more
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Cycle CompletedCycle Completed
Pedagogy
Assessment
Research