Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment

Wilson, Maja

ISBN 10: 0325008566 / ISBN 13: 9780325008561

Editore: Heinemann, 2006

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<p> The conventional wisdom in English education is that rubrics are the best and easiest tools for assessment. But sometimes it's better to be unconventional. In <em>Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment</em>, Maja Wilson offers a new perspective on rubrics and argues for a better, more responsive way to think about assessing writers' progress. </p> <p> Though you may sense a disconnect between student-centered teaching and rubric-based assessment, you may still use rubrics for convenience or for want of better alternatives. <em>Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment</em> gives you the impetus to make a change, demonstrating how rubrics can hurt kids and replace professional decision making with an inauthentic pigeonholing that stamps standardization onto a notably nonstandard process. With an emphasis on thoughtful planning and teaching, Wilson shows you how to reconsider writing assessment so that it aligns more closely with high-quality instruction and avoids the potentially damaging effects of rubrics. </p> <p> Stop listening to the conventional wisdom, and turn instead to a compelling new voice to find out why rubrics are often replaceable. Open <em>Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment</em> and let Maja Wilson start you down the path to more sensitive, authentic style of writing assessment. </p>

Informazioni sull?autore: <p>Maja Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Maine, Farmington. She is the author of Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment, which won the Council on English Education's Britton Award in 2007. She has also written various articles about writing assessment, response to student writing, and the accountability movement. She has taught in public schools for over twenty years.</p>

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Titolo: Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment
Casa editrice: Heinemann
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good