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responding & grading
Commenting upon and grading student writing are among the most direct (and therefore valuable) elements of writing instruction. These two activities are also chief among the concerns voiced by faculty members and other instructors, who may feel under-qualified to diagnose and evaluate written strengths and weaknesses.
In this section, you’ll find paradigms for effectively and efficiently responding to student writing, as well as multiple approaches to grading and evaluation.
approaches to response
Creating Effective Peer Response Workshops
Why Respond to Student Writing Online?
Responding to Non-Native Speakers of English
Working with Non-Native Speakers (directed towards writing consultants, but useful to others)
Quick Suggestions for Helping Non-Native Writers
Valuing Written Accents: Non-native Students Talk about Identity, Academic Writing, and Meeting Teachers’ Expectations (George Mason University)
Comments as Sources of Confusion (University of Hawaii, Mānoa)
approaches to grading
Grading Writing: Recommended Grading Strategies
Annotated University of Minnesota Uniform Grading Definitions (.pdf)
Creating Grading Rubrics for Writing Assignments
Running a Grade-Norming Session
University-Wide Grading Guidelines (.pdf) (CLE)
The Critical and Integrative Thinking Rubric ( .pdf) (Washington State University)
Handling the Paper Load (University of Hawaii, Mānoa)
samples of responding activities and handouts
geography 1301 | Project Self-Evaluations
self evaluation for a research project and a debatehistory 1307 | Paper-Writing Checklist
self assessment guidelines for revising and proofreadingenglish 3006W | Peer Workshop for Final Paper
handout asking students to assess where they need peer help
samples of grading activities and tools
biology 1002 | Lab Report Grading Rubric for Biological Sciences
criteria including thoroughness, support, accuracy, and writingcivil engineering 4101W | Contract Grading Rubric
contract rules for students' course gradeswriting studies 1011 | Sample Portfolio Rubric
author-centered summary assignmentenglish 201 | Holistic Portfolio for Final Evaluation
tool for differentiating individual and peer work assessmentenglish 3601 | Grading Rubric for Notebook: Informal Writing
tool for assessing students' informal writinggeography 1301 | Project Grading Criteria
criteria for a thesis-driven essay assignmentoperations and management science 3001 | Course and Paper Rubrics
criteria for the entire course and analytical papers
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