Coming to terms : theorizing writing assessment in composition studies / Patricia Lynne.
"Coming to Terms is a book-length essay. It will be of serious interest to assessment specialists and their students, to composition theorists, and to those now mounting assessments in their own programs." "There is a need, Patricia Lynne argues, for terms of assessment that are nativ...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press,
©2004.
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | "Coming to Terms is a book-length essay. It will be of serious interest to assessment specialists and their students, to composition theorists, and to those now mounting assessments in their own programs." "There is a need, Patricia Lynne argues, for terms of assessment that are native to composition." "Since composition as a field has found its most compatible home in constructivism, Lynne asks, why do we import the conceptual frame of educational assessment theory - grounded as it is in mid-20th century positivism? Lynne criticizes writing assessment practice for adopting the discourse of positivism embedded in terms like "validity" and "reliability," and for underestimating their deep technical and philosophical import." "To open this needed discussion within the field, Lynne analyzes cutting-edge assessment efforts, including the work of Broad and Haswell, and she advances a set of alternate terms for evaluating assessment practices - a set of terms native to constructivism and composition."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780874214826 0874214823 9781283267052 1283267055 9780874215854 |