At the next WSU faculty-led workshop, history professor Theresa Jordan will discuss her innovative approach to improving writing without requiring revisions.
Jordan has students write three to five papers, evaluates them according to her rubric, and offers specific feedback. Students who follow her advice get additional points, which add up to better grades. Her system, she said, creates a dialogue with students about exactly what they can do to improve, while streamlining the grading process for faculty. (See full story.)
Jordan, along with graduate student Katie Perry, will share results and rubrics at Improving Student Writing Without Grading Revisions. The workshop is 12:10 p.m. Dec. 11 in CUE 518, and will also be live-streamed. Lunch will be provided. Please register here.
Jordan was awarded a 2014-15 Smith Teaching and Learning Grant to pilot her portfolio plan in other WSU history courses. She also has a certificate in secondary education teaching from WSU, and was the first recipient of the Richard G. Law Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching.
This workshop series is sponsored by the WSU Provost’s Office, WSU Teaching Academy and WSU Academic Outreach and Innovation.
