Technical Communication Quarterly Apr 2013

Examining the Effect of Reflective Assessment on the Quality of Visual Design Assignments in the Technical Writing Classroom

Claire Lauer Arizona State University

Abstract

This article examines the role that reflective assessment plays in contributing to the quality of students' visual designs. Students who are required to account for their rhetorical decisions in the design of a document benefit from the practice of verbalizing those decisions. However, this study shows that students who engage in reflective assessment actually produce stronger visual designs as well. This effect should help determine the extent to which such assessments should be included in the classroom.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2013-04-01
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10.1080/10572252.2013.757156
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