A Linguistically Inclusive Approach to Grading Writing - Hannah A. Franz

A Linguistically Inclusive Approach to Grading Writing

A Practical Guide

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
160 Seiten
2024
Teachers' College Press (Verlag)
978-0-8077-6933-1 (ISBN)
133,40 inkl. MwSt
Improve your grading and feedback practices to benefit your students and their writing development. This practical guide models a research-based, linguistically inclusive approach to grading writing so that you can incorporate inclusive assessment and feedback into your everyday practice.
Improve your grading and feedback practices to benefit your students and their writing development. This guide models a research-based, linguistically inclusive approach to grading writing so that you can incorporate equitable assessment and feedback into your everyday practice. A linguistically inclusive grading approach honors Black linguistic justice, facilitates students’ use of feedback, and guides students to make rhetorical linguistic choices. Additionally, students will develop skills for responding to organization, word choice, grammar, and mechanics rooted in African American English and other language varieties. Example comments and practices are included throughout the book to assist instructors, including those constrained by mandated grade weighting or rubrics that preclude adopting more extensive changes. A Linguistically Inclusive Approach to Grading Writing will benefit writing instructors across contexts, including teaching online, teaching high-achieving students, and using contract grading.


Book Features:




● A linguistically inclusive approach to grading and offering feedback on language variation in college-level writing.
● Explanations, with examples, for how to use a linguistically inclusive grading approach across contexts and instructor goals.
● Concrete tools and adaptable models for responding to student writing for both formative and summative assessment, even when your students are using ChatGPT.
● An approach that not only prevents grading bias, but also effectively guides students to make their own rhetorical choices.
● Summary lists of recommended practices and questions for instructors to self-assess their instruction.
● A companion suite of resources, Students’ Right to Their Own Writing, is available at srtow.org.

Hannah A. Franz is the program associate for graduate advisement at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, and a coauthor of The Indispensable Guide to Undergraduate Research: Success in and Beyond College.

Contents


Foreword Vershawn Ashanti Young  vii


Acknowledgments  xiii


1.  Introduction to a Linguistically Inclusive Approach to Grading Writing  1

Language Variation and a Linguistically Inclusive Approach to Grading Writing  2

The Time It Takes to Grade  3

What Motivated Me to Write This Book  4

Sociolinguistic Concepts That Inform This Book  6

The Benefits of a Linguistically Inclusive Approach to Grading  8

Is a Linguistically Inclusive Grading Approach for Me?  10

Multicultural Education and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy  13

The Significance of Grades  17

Historical Context of Grading Writing  20

Study Backdrop  22

Companion Resources  22

Overview of the Book  23

Self-Assess Your Practices  24


2.  Curriculum and Instruction for a Linguistically Inclusive Grading Approach  25

Course Objectives in Support of Linguistically Inclusive Grading  25

Instructor Motivations and Linguistically Inclusive Grading  30

Instruction in Organization and Grammar  34

Assignment Goals and Language Variation  39

Audience  41

Self-Assess Your Practices  44

Linguistically Inclusive Practices  45


3.  Linguistically Inclusive Grading Processes  46

Consider Grading Priorities and Distribution  46

Align Grading Priorities With Instruction  48

Read for Student Meaning  51

Use and Explain Sociolinguistically Informed Grading Criteria  52

Word Grading Criteria Positively  56

Maximize Peer Feedback and Multiple Drafts  57

Pose Questions Rather Than Penalties  60

Self-Assess Your Practices  60

Linguistically Inclusive Practices  61


4.  Linguistically Inclusive Commenting Strategies  63

Reapportion Your Time  64

Use Feedback as a Conversation  65

Teach Through Specific Positive Comments  66

Communicate High Expectations  69

Highlight Your Subjectivity as a Reader and Acknowledge Multiple Audiences  71

Ask Strategic Questions  73

Contextualize Prescriptive Comments  74

Rethink Labels  77

Use Corrections Judiciously  79

Self-Assess Your Practices  81

Linguistically Inclusive Practices  82


5.  Organization and Word Choice  84

Organization and Topic Relationships  85

Respond to Organization and Topic Relationships in a Linguistically Inclusive Approach  88

Pronoun Choice  92

Respond to Pronoun Choice in a Linguistically Inclusive Approach  94

Formal and Informal Word Choice  96

Respond to Formal and Informal Word Choice in a Linguistically Inclusive Approach  98

Self-Assess Your Practices  100

Linguistically Inclusive Practices  100


6.  Grammar and Mechanics  102

What Exactly Are Grammar and Mechanics?  102

Grammar Patterns  104

Respond to Grammar Patterns in a Linguistically Inclusive Approach  108

Mechanical Features  113

Self-Assess Your Practices  116

Linguistically Inclusive Practices  117


7.  Putting It All Together  119

A Linguistically Inclusive Approach to Grading: Summarized  120

Application of Multicultural Education and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy  122

What Can a Linguistically Inclusive Grading Approach Look Like in Your Classroom?  123

Conclusion  131


References  132


Index  140


About the Author  145

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort Vershawn Ashanti Young
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 162 x 235 mm
Gewicht 318 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-8077-6933-9 / 0807769339
ISBN-13 978-0-8077-6933-1 / 9780807769331
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