Teaching and Assessing Writing, Second Edition: Recent Advances in Understanding, Evaluating, and Improving Student Performan (The Jossey-Bass higher & adult education series) - Hardcover

WHITE

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555426190 ISBN 13: 9781555426194

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1994

Synopsis

The first edition of Edward M. White's Teaching and Assessing Writing was called "required reading for the profession" when it was published in 1985. Now, in this thoroughly revised and completely reorganized second edition, White offers the latest theoretical and practical materials that instructors in English and across the disciplines will need in order to help students build strong writing skills. White draws especially on new knowledge about assessment to offer effective methods of evaluation and feedback. And he shows how the use of assessment by teachers can greatly assist the process of learning to write.
In addition to outlining recent advances in teaching and assessing writing, White explains how teachers can design better writing assignments, help students write more effectively, and respond more constructively to student writing. White includes a full discussion of the three most popular methods of assessing writing - multiple-choice tests, essay tests, and writing portfolios. And he covers new material, such as guidance on portfolio assessment; theories of reading and how they affect teachers' response to writing; program evaluation; and the development of writing assignments as a central aspect of teaching.

About this title

About the Authors

Edward M. White is professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino.

EDWARD M. WHITE is professor of English at California State University, San Bernadino. In 1993, he was elected to a second term on the Executive Committee of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. White is also the author of Developing Successful College Writing Programs (1989) and Assigning, Responding, and Evaluating (1992), and coeditor of Inquiry (1993).

From the Back Cover

"White's new edition of Teaching and Assessing Writing retains its place as the best one-source examination of issues and techniques. Sensible, thorough, even-handed--it is useful for both the novice teacher and the experienced administrator in designing writing classes and programs that can serve many kinds of students fairly." --Richard Lloyd Jones, professor of English, University of IowaIn this thoroughly revised and completely reorganized second edition, White offers the latest theoretical and practical materials that instructors in English and across the disciplines will need in order to help students build strong writing skills.

From the Inside Flap

In this thoroughly revised and completely reorganized second edition, White offers the latest theoretical and practical materials that instructors in English and across the disciplines will need in order to help students build strong writing skills.The first edition of Edward M. White's Teaching and Assessing Writing was called "required reading for the profession" when it was published in 1985. White draws especially on new knowledge about assessment to offer effective methods of evaluation and feedback. And he shows how the use of assessment by teachers can greatly assist the process of learning to write.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555426190
• ISBN 13: 9781555426194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 368