Improving Outcomes – Disciplinary Writing, Local Assessment, and the Aim of Fai…

Improving OutcomesDisciplinary Writing, Local Assessment, and the Aim of Fairness\nAuthor(s): Diane Kelly-Riley, Norbert Elliot\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Modern Language Association of America, United States\nImprint: Modern Language Association of America\nISBN-13: 9781603295123, 978-1603295123\nSynopsis\nStudents thrive when they are exposed to a variety of disciplinary genres, and their lives-and our institutions-are enriched by improving their writing outcomes. Taking account of evolving research, writing in the disciplines, and demographic and institutional shifts in higher education, this volume imagines new ways to improve writing outcomes by broadening the focus of assessment to wider issues of humanity and society.\n\nThe essays-by contributors from diverse fields, from writing studies to nursing, engineering, and architecture-demonstrate innovative classroom practices and curricular design that place fairness and the situatedness of language at the center of writing ins.