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WRITING MATTERS
WRITING STATUS QUO
?CAPSTONE
2W COURSE
1FYC
WRITING STATUS QUO
“All First-Year Courses pay particular attention to writing and library research to ensure that all students are introduced to Macalester’s high academic expectations for these skills.”
?CAPSTONE
2W COURSE
1FYC
WRITING STATUS QUO
• Many FYC faculty have never been trained in writing pedagogy
• 25% of FYC students report having had no explicit writing instruction
?CAPSTONE
2W COURSE
1FYC
WRITING STATUS QUO
“Macalester seeks to ensure that all students receive instruction in writing that gives attention to writing as a process (writing is rewriting), and that provides students individually with feedback on the mechanics and substance of their writing. While First Year Courses assists students in making a transition to college writing along with myriad aspects of college study, each student is required to take at least one additional course with a W designation, in which they will hone their writing skills and go through a process of evaluation and rewriting.”
?CAPSTONE
2W COURSE
1FYC
WRITING STATUS QUO
• 2011 GERC report: “Nearly one-third of Macalester students could not express their ideas clearly and less than 12 percent were categorized as ‘excellent’ in clarity of expression.”
• 2013 direct assessment: no improvement in students’ ability to generate a meaningful thesis or to write well at the paragraph and sentence levels after W-course
• Only argumentative writing for a scholarly audience counts: extensive training in other forms of writing doesn’t meet approval criteria?
CAPSTONE
2W COURSE
1FYC
WRITING STATUS QUO
“The capstone experience must lead to peer-reviewed advanced work appropriate to the discipline/interdiscipline. This could be a paper synthesizing contemporary theory/research, a work of public scholarship, a paper that presents original research, a recital or creation of an original written, visual or performative work.”
?CAPSTONE
2W COURSE
1FYC
WRITING STATUS QUO
• Written capstone projects are not always required
• Writing instruction is not always provided to students; writing is not always evaluated
• The College provides no explicit guidelines about how to incorporate writing into the capstone
?CAPSTONE
2W COURSE
1FYC
WRITING STATUS QUO
• Some FYCs teach writing brilliantly, others not at all
• Some W-courses are rigorous, others are not
• Some majors require writing-intensive capstones, othersdo not
INCONSISTENT
WRITING STATUS QUO
• 2011 GERC report: “Nearly one-third of Macalester students could not express their ideas clearly”
• 2011 GERC report: “Less than 12 percent were categorized as ‘excellent’ in clarity of expression”
• 2013 direct assessment: no improvement in students’ writing
after W-course
INCONSISTENT
INEFFECTIVE
WRITING STATUS QUO
• Only argumentative writing counts for the W requirement
• We don’t recognize courses that teach the craft of writing unless for an academic audience
• We don’t recognize courses that afford opportunities to practice writing skills without explicit instruction in writing
INCONSISTENT
NARROW
INEFFECTIVE
WRITE WELL VIDEOS
FACULTY LEARNING
COMMUNITY
SPAW& JPAW
SESSIONS
DEPARTMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENTS
MAXCENTER
TUTORING
CASL AND TATSESSIONS
SUPPLEMENTALWRITERS’
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS FOR FYC
INSTRUCTORS
STRENGTHS TO BUILD ONWRITING
MORE AND BETTERWRITING PEDAGOGY
ACROSS CAMPUS
courses that teach ARGUMENT in other ways
courses in the CRAFT
of writing
courses that givePRACTICE
in writing
STRENGTHS TO BUILD ONWRITING
PRACTICE
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
WRITING
WRITING
PRACTICE
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
ARGUMENT ARGUMENT
PRACTICE
CRAFT
PRACTICE
CRAFT
WRITING REVISED
THREE KINDSOF WRITING COURSES
THREE KINDSOF WRITING COURSES
ARGUMENTWriting and editing evidence-based argumentative prose
WRITING REVISED
ARGUMENT
CRAFTWriting and the writing process as primary course content
THREE KINDSOF WRITING COURSES
WRITING REVISED
PRACTICE
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
Opportunities to practice writing skills without explicit instruction in writing
THREE KINDSOF WRITING COURSES
WRITING REVISED
PRACTICE
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
THREE COURSESEACH STUDENT MUST TAKE
WRITING REVISED
ARGUMENTARGUMENT
CRAFT
2 3ARGUMENT
CRAFT
PRACTICE
OROR
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FACULTY AUTONOMYDISCIPLINARY INTEGRITYZERO COST
WRITING REVISED
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
ARGUMENT
2 3ARGUMENT
CRAFT
PRACTICE
OROR
OROR
OROR
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WRITING MATTERS
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
ARGUMENT
2 3ARGUMENT
CRAFT
PRACTICE
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