Event Reminder – Promoting Students’ Growth as Disciplinary Thinkers and Writers
Fri, Sept 26
Abby B121
There are still a few spots left for John Bean’s keynote address (9 – 10 AM) and afternoon workshop (1:30 – 3 PM). Register online today! Contact Sarah.McLean@ufv.ca for more info.
Event check-in begins at 8:30 am with the keynote starting at 9 am sharp. Coffee and tea will be provided.
Synopsis: This interactive keynote address has two goals: (1) to show how short, problem-based writing assignments can accelerate students’ growth from disciplinary novices to disciplinary experts and (2) to show how the use of rubrics to evaluate student writing can create a faculty-friendly approach to institutional outcomes assessment. Drawing on novice-expert theory, genre theory, and the principle of backward design of the curriculum, I will show how short writing assignments focused on authentic disciplinary problems teach disciplinary ways of arguing while deepening students’ engagement with course concepts. Using examples from a variety of disciplines, including Social Work, Economics, Chemistry, and English, I hope to show how attention to assignment sequencing within a course or curriculum — facilitated by faculty-owned assessment — can support more robust student learning.
Interactive Workshop: 10:30 am-12 pm or 1:30-3 pm in Abby B121: Alternatives to the Research Paper: Designing Short, Low-Cost Writing Assignments that Promote Inquiry, Deep Learning, and Critical Thinking in Your Discipline.
When asked to confront interesting and engaging problems, students come alive in the classroom. This interactive workshop focuses on ways to design short, problem-based writing assignments that will help students learn important concepts in your courses as well as skills of critical reading, analysis, and argument that are central to your discipline. The workshop will suggest three ways for incorporating these assignments into your course: as informal thinking pieces, as short formal assignments, or as tasks for small group problem-solving. We’ll also discuss low-cost ways of grading student performance and handling the paper load. Participants should leave the workshop with hands-on ideas that can be immediately applied to the classroom.
http://www.ufv.ca/tlc/events/promoting-students-growth-as-disciplinary-thinkers-and-writers/90/
For more information, contact Sarah McLean at sarah.mclean@ufv.ca
09/25/2014