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WRITING MATTERS
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WRITING STATUS QUO
?CAPSTONE
2W COURSE
1FYC
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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courses that teach ARGUMENT in other ways
courses in the CRAFT
of writing
courses that givePRACTICE
in writing
STRENGTHS TO BUILD ONWRITING
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PRACTICE
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
WRITING
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WRITING
PRACTICE
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
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ARGUMENT ARGUMENT
PRACTICE
CRAFT
PRACTICE
CRAFT
WRITING REVISED
THREE KINDSOF WRITING COURSES
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THREE KINDSOF WRITING COURSES
ARGUMENTWriting and editing evidence-based argumentative prose
WRITING REVISED
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ARGUMENT
CRAFTWriting and the writing process as primary course content
THREE KINDSOF WRITING COURSES
WRITING REVISED
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PRACTICE
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
Opportunities to practice writing skills without explicit instruction in writing
THREE KINDSOF WRITING COURSES
WRITING REVISED
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PRACTICE
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
THREE COURSESEACH STUDENT MUST TAKE
WRITING REVISED
ARGUMENTARGUMENT
CRAFT
2 3ARGUMENT
CRAFT
PRACTICE
OROR
OROR
OROR
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FACULTY AUTONOMYDISCIPLINARY INTEGRITYZERO COST
WRITING REVISED
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
ARGUMENT
2 3ARGUMENT
CRAFT
PRACTICE
OROR
OROR
OROR
1
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WRITING MATTERS
ARGUMENT
CRAFT
ARGUMENT
2 3ARGUMENT
CRAFT
PRACTICE
OROR
OROR
OROR
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