Teaching English in the Two-Year College Sep 2011

From Rigidity to Freedom: An English Department’s Journey in Rethinking How We Teach and Assess Writing

Chris Strouthopoulos ; Janet L. Peterson

Abstract

This essay chronicles an English department overhauling its rubric design, curriculum, and portfolio in order to emphasize a wider range of “real-world” writing.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2011-09-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc201117295
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Topics
assessment writing across the curriculum multimodality

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